People v. Seeley

OPINION OF THE COURT

John M. Leventhal, J.

This court has previously held that the defendant may introduce into evidence expert testimony regarding Battered Woman Syndrome (BWS).1 The facts of this case have been fully set forth in this court’s prior decision (People v Seeley, 179 Misc 2d 42, 44-45). In the prior decision, the court did not set forth the scope of permissible expert testimony when the defendant offers such testimony as proof of self-defense.

In other cases before this court when the People have sought to introduce expert testimony about BWS, the court has limited the scope of…