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· 5/15/1961

Linch v. Ortner

Citations

  • 138 So. 2d 340

How courts have described this case

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  • “[E]xpert testimony regarding false confessions is impermissible as it provides no pedagogical purpose and interferes with the jury’s exclusive duty to assess the credibility of witnesses.”
  • wherein defense counsel conceded that consent “is not an element of any of these charges” and claimed, contrary to his argument on appeal, that he “would never raise the argument that because [E.S.] consented[, Lawrence] should be found not guilty.”

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