"Co-suspect was defended by another lawyer, who argued in his closing arguments that there should’ve been a police lineup during the investigation, since the suspects were brought into the station when the victim was still there.

Client turns to me and says that there had been a lineup and they were not identified. This lineup was about 30 minutes after the alleged robbery. Nothing in the file suggests a negative police lineup. We do trials based on written statements by police, they are hardly ever in court to testify.

I mention what my client said in my closing arguments, the prosecutor’s mouth drops and she becomes pale, hearing is suspended for further investigations.

Couple of weeks later, police officers are testifying in shame that they forgot to finish the report on the police lineup.

Prosecutors case is thrown out for irreparable harm to the trial."

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