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- Title
STATE V. GUILBERT: SHOULD JURORS IN CONNECTICUT BE EDUCATED ABOUT EYEWITNESS RELIABILITY THROUGH EXPERT TESTIMONY OR JURY INSTRUCTIONS?
- Authors
Denholtz, Tracy L.; McDonough, Emily A.
- Abstract
The article looks at the judicial opinion of Connecticut Supreme Court in the case State v. Guilbert related to the expert testimony on the reliability of eyewitness identifications. Topics discussed include need of educating jurors about that topics such as cross examination of eyewitnesses, closing argument, and standard jury instructions, problem of mistaken eyewitness identifications in the criminal justice system and case's implications for Connecticut trial courts.
- Subjects
CONNECTICUT; EXPERT evidence lawsuits; RELIABILITY of eyewitness identification; SUMMATION (Law); JURORS; CONNECTICUT. Supreme Court; CRIMINAL justice system
- Publication
Quinnipiac Law Review, 2015, Vol 32, Issue 4, p865
- ISSN
1073-8606
- Publication type
Article