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: Blog 702Expert Testimony on False Confessions Too Abstract, Says 5th Circuit
By Peter Nordberg
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In an unpublished per curiam opinion, the Fifth Circuit has upheld a trial court's decision excluding a criminal defendant's proffered expert evidence on false confessions. The expert's testimony, the panel said, consisted only of generic propositions; the expert failed to apply them adequately to the facts of the case. From the opinion:Pursuant to Rule 702, testimony from a qualified expert witness is permitted if the opinion will assist the trier of fact, "the testimony is based upon suffici read more
Full post as published by Blog 702 on January 20, 2008 (boomark / email).
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