State v. Miles

OPINION

STRINGER, Justice.

On the evening of July 31, 1996, three eyewitnesses observed various stages of the killing of Tyrone Harrell in an alley in north Minneapolis. Appellant John Miles was convicted of the crime but claims the trial court erred in excluding from evidence the testimony of an expert witness as to the unreliability of eyewitness testimony, and that there was insufficient evidence of his guilt. We affirm, concluding that the trial court was within its discretion to exclude the proffered testimony and that there was sufficient evidence to support the convictions.

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