Legal Opinion

State v. Williams

Connecticut Appellate Court

Decided September 24, 2013No. AC 32975PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

LAVINE, J.

The principal issue in this case concerns the reliability of eyewitness identification. Following oral argument in this court, our Supreme Court decided State v. Guilbert, 306 Conn. 218, 49 A.3d 705 (2012). In Guilbert, our Supreme Court held, among other things,1 that “testimony by a qualified expert on the fallibility of eyewitness identification is admissible under State v. Porter, 241 Conn. 57, 698 A.2d 739 (1997), cert. denied, 523 U.S. 1058, 118 S. Ct. 1384, 140 L. Ed. 2d 645 (1998), when that testimony would aid the jury in evaluating the state’s identification…

2Cases cited37 opinions

  1. State v. GoldingSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1989
  2. See v. City of SeattleSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. Oklahoma Press Publishing Co. v. WallingSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
  4. State v. EvansSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1973
  5. California v. TybergSupreme Court of the United States · 1986

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3Cited by9 opinions

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  4. Russell v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2014
  5. State v. JacksonConnecticut Appellate Court · 2014

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