Commonwealth v. Fritz

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• failure to request Daubert-Lanigan hearing to establish reliability of methodology underlying expert firearms identification testimony constituted waiver of issue
• no abuse of discretion in declining to conduct a voir dire where judge \had been watching the jury and did not see any jurors sleeping\
• officer's experience in firearms identification supported judge's determination that officer satisfied foundational requirements to qualify as expert
• \The defendant's express consent or personal waiver [to be at sidebar for jury selection] was not 5 required\
• fact that witness recants or gives contradictory testimony does not establish that testimony was false or that Commonwealth knew or had reason to know of falsity
• no abuse of discretion in declining to conduct voir dire where \trial judge found that he had been watching the jury and did not see any jurors sleeping\

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