“Roe vs. Wade” Supreme Court Case
...hout regulation by the state that the patient’s pregnancy should be terminated. Concerning that a suggestive pretrial line-up might lead to the conviction of innocent persons, the wade court held that a post indictment, pretrial lineup is a critical stage of criminal proceeding at which the defendant has a right to the assistant of counsel. The court reasoned that the presence of counsel might guard against suggestive procedures and enable counsel to reconstruct and challenge those procedures at trial. Testimony regarding a post indictment, pretrial identification made in the absence of counsel is inadmissible at trial unless the defendant has made an intelligent waiver of the right to counsel. Nonetheless, even if a, pretrial identification is suppressed under the sixth amendment (6th amendment: Rights of the Criminal Accused: A.) speedy trial B.) Impartial Jury C.) Informed of the crime charged (arrangement) D.) Cross examination of hostile witnesses. E.) Process (subpoenas) to obtain favorable witnesses), the witness may still identify the defendant at trial if the prosecution can establish that the in-court identification is independently reliable. The right to counsel established in Wade does not encompass identification procedures that occur before the start of adversa...