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Eyewitness Identification and Expert Testimony

By Ron Chapman

           In a case from New York called People v. LeGrand, the issue was whether the trial judge was correct in refusing to admit expert testimony regarding the reliability of eyewitness identifications.  In refusing to admit such testimony, the judge in the LeGrand case ruled the same way that most judges throughout the United States rule when it comes to this particular issue.               The relevant facts in LeGrand are as follows:             On the morning of June 15, 1991, a cab driver named Joaquin Liriano was stabbed to death in Manhattan. The person who stabbed Liriano ran away before the police arrived. Four people witnessed the attack and within a few days collaborated on a composite sketch of the person who stabbed Liriano...continue to full post

Full post as published by Palm Beach Criminal Defense Blog on September 23, 2010 (boomark / email).