Anthony Williams v. United States

Appellant Williams makes contentions which I believe deserve some comment if for no other reason than their' novelty. Williams’ argument is that because he had no counsel present at the line-up,1 Escobedo v. Illinois, 378 U.S. 478, 84 S.Ct. 1758, 12 L.Ed.2d 977 (1964), requires exclusion of trial testimony by three witnesses that they had identified him in a police line-up. In effect it is argued that *735a police line-up must be a joint enterprise ■staged by the cooperative efforts of the police and defense counsel. I believe the argument lacking in merit in the face of' the precision used by…