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- Title
THE TROUBLE WITH EYEWITNESS TESTIMONY: TOWARD A MODEL JURY INSTRUCTION ON WITNESS ACCOUNTS.
- Authors
JONAS, JULIE; BINDMAN, JEVON; HERR, DAVID
- Abstract
The article focuses on trouble with eyewitness testimony and toward a model jury instruction on witness accounts. It identifies factors not included in Minnesota's jury instruction that may be helpful in weighing the credibility of a testifying eyewitness and Minnesota follows the constitutional standard for admission of eyewitness testimony set by the U.S. Supreme Court in Manson v. Brathwaite. It also mentions appeal absent abuse of discretion and disallow expert testimony.
- Subjects
EYEWITNESS identification; LEGAL testimony; JURY instructions; WITNESSES; DISCRETION
- Publication
Bench & Bar of Minnesota, 2020, Vol 77, Issue 1, p16
- ISSN
0276-1505
- Publication type
Article