Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 10/29/2009

Commonwealth v. Watson

Citations

455 Mass. 246
915 N.E.2d 1052
2009 Mass. LEXIS 671

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decision not to seek funds for expert on eyewitness identification not manifestly unreasonable where * reliability of identification challenged on cross-examination and in closing argument
“[Ejxpert testimony concerning the reliability of eyewitness identification is not admissible as of right, but is left to the discretion of the trial judge”
judge’s eyewitness instructions in accordance with Rodriguez and Commonwealth v. Pressley, 390 Mass. 617, 619 [1983], given at defendant’s request, sufficient without “cautionary” instructions
admission of eyewitness identification expert testimony “is not admissible as of right, but is left to the discretion of the trial judge”
where there was additional evidence to corroborate eyewitness identification, exclusion of expert testimony does not require new trial

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