OAKES, Circuit Judge:
In pseudo-Perry Mason style, defense counsel substitutes a look-alike sister for the female co-defendant at the counsel table during the noon recess; the sister puts on the defendant's blazer and the defendant sits in the back of the courtroom. The witness, a police officer who that morning made a critical in-court identification on direct examination, is then led to say on cross-examination that he sees the same people in the courtroom. Asked...
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