Court of Appeals of New York

Conviction and sentencing of defendant for first-degree assault are vacated where the denial of defendant's motion to admit expert testimony by the trial court was an abuse of discretion because additional eyewitness identifications did not sufficiently corroborated the victim's identification, so as to render expert testimony on eyewitness memory unnecessary.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/20/2011
• Published 10/20/2011

Judges

• PIGOTT

Court

• Court of Appeals of New York

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