The order of the Appellate Division should be reversed and a new trial ordered.
As the People candidly concede, the lineup testimony of two of the People's witnesses should have been suppressed. Since a removal order had been issued to secure defendant's attendance at the pretrial identification procedures, defendant had a right to the presence of counsel during the lineups (People v Coleman,
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