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Rodriguez v. Commonwealth

Citations

  • 455 S.E.2d 724
  • 20 Va. App. 122
  • 1995 Va. App. LEXIS 334

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  • recognizing that in some □ “narrow” circumstances, including the “psychological phenomena” of unconscious transference, an expert in eyewitness identification may be useful to the jury
  • describing “ ‘such problems as cross-racial identification' ” as among the \ 'narrow' \ circumstances where expert testimony might be appropriate (quoting Harris, 995 F.2d at 535)
  • affirming a trial court’s decision disallowing expert testimony on eyewitness identifications

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Judges: Koontz and Fitzpatrick

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