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Williams v. State

Citations

  • 895 S.W.2d 363
  • 1994 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 135
  • 1994 WL 695882

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  • concluding that testimony from expert regarding defendant’s psychological profile was too generic to be helpful to jury
  • concluding that expert witness failed to connect generic testimony concerning psychological profiles of offenders to facts of case
  • finding that testimony from an expert regarding the defendant = s psychological profile was too generic to be helpful to the jury
  • stating that expert testimony must be limited to situations in which the expert’s knowledge and experience on a relevant issue are beyond that of an average juror
  • expert testimony that defendant’s psychological profile was not compatible with profile of type of person who would have committed offense not helpful when expert failed to connect generic testimony to facts of case
  • expert testimony that defendant's psychological profile was not compatible with profile of type of person who would have committed offense not helpful when expert failed to connect generic testimony to facts of case

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Judges: Campbell, Clinton, Miller, Baird, Overstreet

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