United States v. Manuel P. Amaral

How courts have described this case

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• holding that expert testimony on the unreliability of 24 eyewitness testimony was properly excluded
• reciting requirements of proper subject and accepted scientific analysis and rejecting expert testimony on eyewitness abilities
• noting that no other reported decision addressed issue
• noting that no other reported decision addressed issue
• proffered testimony of psychologist on the effects of stress on the perception of eyewitnesses properly excluded
• expert testimony concerning eyewitness reliability was properly excluded since the jury is “superbly equipped” to evaluate the reliability of eyewitness testimony

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