Legal Opinion
United States v. Hearst
District Court, N.D. California
Decided March 22, 1976No. Cr. 74-364-OJCPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ON MOTION TO ADMIT MEMORANDUM RE INADMISSIBILITY OF PSYCHOLINGUISTIC TESTIMONY
OLIVER J. CARTER, Chief Judge.
Counsel for the defense urged this Court on at least three occasions to admit the testimony of Dr. Margaret Thaler Singer in the field of psycholinguistics. As reflected in the offer of proof, Dr. Singer, if called as an expert witness, would have testified that her expertise in this area enables her to conclude from a stylistic comparison of known writings and utterances of the defendant with certain writings and tape-recordings of the defendant’s voice offered into evidence by the…
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- United States v. David T. DellingerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1973
- United States v. Manuel P. AmaralCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1973
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3Cited by11 opinions
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- United States v. Clifford, RussellCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1983
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