People v. LeGrand

OPINION OF THE COURT

Bernard J. Fried, J.

Seeking the admission of expert testimony concerning eyewitness identification, the defendant has requested a pretrial ruling allowing such evidence at his retrial, following the declaration of a mistrial, on a charge of murder in the second degree. Specifically, what is sought to be introduced is the testimony of a psychologist, professor Roy S. Malpass, Department of Psychology, University of Texas at El Paso, with regard to (1) the confidence-accuracy correlation; (2) postevent information and confidence malleability; and (3) weapon focus.1 For the…