United States v. Brien

How courts have described this case

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• concluding that its within the broad discretion of the trial court to admit or exclude expert testimony on eyewitness identification
• noting that to change the usual practice, it was \up to\ defense counsel to offer a plan, which the judge could reject if he offers a \plausible justification\ for doing so
• unwilling to adopt blanket rule on admissibility of expert testimony of eyewitness reliability
• “a door once largely shut is now Fosher far more than to Smith. Apart from this distinction, somewhat ajar”
• “We are unwilling to adopt a blanket rule that qualified expert testimony on eyewitness identification must routinely be admitted or excluded.”
• \a door once largely shut is now somewhat ajar\

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