20 Va. App. 122 - Rodriguez v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1995
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
3
states following
September 2015
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 37 Cal. 3d 351 - People v. McDonald · State v. Chapple · United States v. Downing · United States v. Amaral · State v. Kemp
Most-quoted passages
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“In excluding expert commentary on eyewitness identifications, courts have consistently found that this type of testimony interferes with the jury’s role as fact finder and its duty to weigh the credibility of witnesses. [T]he trustworthiness of eyewitness observations is not generally beyond the common knowledge and experience of the average juror and is, therefore, not a proper subject for expert testimony. In addition, [t]he weaknesses of identifications can be explored on cross-examination and during counsel’s final arguments to the jury. Another concern is that this type of testimony frequently has the potential of turning trials into battles between experts over the value of eyewitness identifications.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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