People v. LeGrand

OPINION OF THE COURT

Andrias, J.

The verdict convicting defendant of second-degree murder at his third trial was not against the weight of the evidence (see People v Danielson, 9 NY3d 342, 348-349 [2007]). The issue to be determined is whether the trial court committed reversible error when it precluded a defense expert from testifying about the effect of “wéapon focus” on eyewitness identifications without conducting a Frye hearing (Frye v United States, 293 F 1013 [DC Cir 1923]), or when it ruled that if the expert testified about “the effect of postevent information on accuracy of…