PEOPLE v. TATUM


129 Misc.2d 196 (1985)

The People of the State of New York, Plaintiff, v. James Tatum, Defendant.

Supreme Court, Criminal Term, Queens County.

August 9, 1985


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph F. DeFelice for defendant. John J. Santucci, District Attorney (James Hubert and Harry Peters of counsel), for plaintiff.


WILLIAM D. FRIEDMANN, J.

This suppression motion places in question the propriety of a lineup identification procedure that involves a suspect with a distinctive facial deformity: a glass eye. This motion also challenges the propriety of conducting a lineup on the absence of counsel, prior to the start of adversarial judicial proceedings, when the suspect's counsel in an unrelated case has requested an adjournment of the lineup to the next day.

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