Legal Opinion
People v. Lawson
Colorado Court of Appeals
Decided March 25, 1976No. 75-067PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STERNBERG, Judge.
This is an appeal of a first degree murder conviction in which the principal issue is the propriety of the trial court’s refusal to permit expert testimony offered to delineate in general the various factors that might affect the reliability of eyewitness identifications. Other issues raised are the suggestiveness of a lineup and failure to grant motions for mistrial based on alleged irregularities at the trial. We affirm the judgment of conviction.
At about 10 P. M. on the evening of January 14, 1973, Larry McVay and his cousin, Jeffrey Van Cura, returned to the McVay home…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Stovall v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Phillips v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1969
- United States v. HissDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1950
- People v. GoldsberrySupreme Court of Colorado · 1973
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Dyas v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1977
- State v. KempSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1986
- State v. HoisingtonIdaho Supreme Court · 1983
- Bloodsworth v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1986
- Smith v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1977
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