State v. Harper

Harper raises three questions on this appeal: (1) Whether it was error to allow Mr. Schultz to identify him at the trial, (2) whether Harper reserved his right to have suppressed as evidence the jewelry seized in Chicago; and (3) whether Harper received effective assistance of counsel.

Harper was required to stand in a lineup in a Chicago police station in which Mr. Schultz identified him. Prior to trial, the trial court held a hearing and found that although the lineup was not suggestive, it was illegal because Harper had been denied the right to presence of counsel; therefore, the lineup…