People v. Braun
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: The court erred in allowing the People’s expert psychiatric witness to testify at length that, in his opinion, defendant had not been truthful when he told the psychiatrist about the same incidents to which defendant had testified to the jury. The basis for the psychiatrist’s opinion is an important factor in the jury’s evaluation of his expert opinion (see, Matter of Lee v County Ct., 27 NY2d 432, 441). The court, however, had to balance the jury’s need to be informed of the basis for the expert’s opinion against the prejudice to defendant resulting…
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