Legal Opinion
People v. Philips
New York Supreme Court
Decided May 10, 1999PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Robert Charles Kohm, J.
Defendant, in two separate indictments, is charged with a series of sexual assaults on young women in the County of Queens.
On March 31, 1999, the defendant sought to introduce the testimony of two expert witnesses, and his application was denied. Since the relief sought was novel, the court will amplify its decision in the following memorandum.
I. THE EXPERT WITNESSES
Defendant requests the testimony of two expert witnesses. The first application seeks the use of an expert witness in the field of voluntary confessions, designated as a “voluntariness”…
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