Los Angeles police have yet to announce the results of live lineups that included a suspect named in the Opening Day beating of a San Francisco Giants fan in a Dodgers Stadium parking lot.
Giovanni Ramirez, 31, of Los Angeles, was brought in for a physical identification lineup at Men's Central Jail on Wednesday.
The LAPD was "satisfied with the results" of the lineup, an official statement said.
Lineups ask witnesses to identify or recognize a suspect in person and generally produce stronger evidence compared with a witness choosing a suspect from a series of photographs.
Ramirez was arrested Sunday morning in East Hollywood. He was booked on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon - the foot he allegedly used to kick his victim - and held on $1 million bail.
His attorney, Anthony Brooklier, said Wednesday that he does not blame the LAPD for identifying his client as being involved in the Opening Day beating of 42-year-old San Francisco fan Bryan Stow, but he insists that they have the wrong man.
Giovanni Ramirez was identified in a photo lineup, but Brooklier dismissed the identification, noting that "quite often witnesses think they're telling the truth," but that doesn't mean they're right.
Brooklier was interviewed outside the Men's Central Jail, where Ramirez was among a lineup where several witnesses were asked to pick out the suspect they saw beating Stow.
"I just think it's a mistake,"
Brooklier said. "He wasn't at the game. I think he's got a tremendous alibi. He is willing to take a police polygraph. I've never had anybody said that to me in almost 40 years that I've been practicing criminal defense."The tip that resulted in the arrest of Ramirez was provided by a parole officer, LAPD Chief Charlie Beck said.
Asked how Ramirez could afford him, Brooklier said that "not everything is about money and I believe in this case."
Meanwhile, an attorney who represents some members of Ramirez's family said the suspect's 10-year-old daughter is willing to testify that her father was not at Dodger Stadium that day.
Chip Matthews said Tuesday that he interviewed the daughter, who told him her father was with her and other family members all day on March 31.
"She is a beautiful, smart young lady and she will happily testify about that," Matthews said. "The believability that she brings to the table will serve him well."
Charges have not been filed against Ramirez. He will remain in jail on a parole hold, police said.
Two other suspects - a man sought for his involvement in the assault and a woman thought to have been the getaway driver - remain at large, police said.
Stow is listed in critical condition in a San Francisco hospital.
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