Legal Opinion
United States v. John W. Downing
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided January 25, 1985No. 82-1766PublishedCited by 602 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
BECKER, Circuit Judge.
This case presents a question of first impression in this Circuit — whether Fed.R.Evid. 702 permits a defendant in a criminal prosecution to adduce, from an expert in the field of human perception and memory, testimony concerning the reliability of eyewitness identifications. The district court refused to admit the testimony of a psychologist offered by the defendant, apparently because the court believed that such testimony can never meet the “helpfulness” standard of Fed.R.Evid. 702. We hold that the district court erred. We also hold that the…
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