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Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 4/9/1991

Commonwealth v. Day

Citations

  • 569 N.E.2d 397
  • 409 Mass. 719
  • 1991 Mass. LEXIS 188

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  • holding that evidence of a “child battering profile” did not meet the test for relevance because the mere fact that a defendant fit the profile did not establish that a particular defendant physically-abused the victim
  • collecting cases to show that “[testimony regarding a criminal profile is nothing more than,an expert’s opinidn as to certain characteristics which are common to some or most of the individuals who commit particular crimes”
  • collecting cases to show that “[t]estimony regarding a criminal profile is nothing more than an expert’s opinion as to certain characteristics which are common to some or most of the individuals who UNITED STATES V. WELLS 35 commit particular crimes”
  • collecting cases to show that “[t]estimony regarding a criminal profile is nothing more than an expert’s opinion as to certain characteristics which are common to some or most of the individuals who 36 UNITED STATES V. WELLS commit particular crimes”
  • expert testimony concerning \battered child syndrome\ admissible because condition is not matter of common knowledge
  • testimony concerning battered child syndrome admissible, but expert testimony concerning typical child batterer is not

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Judges: Liacos, Wilkins, Abrams, Nolan, Lynch, O'Connor, Greaney

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