Document Type
Article
Media Type
Text
Abstract
The authors raise the serious problems inherent in the use of eyewitness identification of defendants in criminal trials. They suggest that allowing expert testimony on its unreliability is essential to counteract possible adverse effects on the jury's determination of guilt.
First Page
59
Last Page
86
Publication Date
11-1-1981
Department
Other
ISSN
0734-1490
Language
eng
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Law Review
Recommended Citation
Arnolds, Edward B.; Carroll, William K.; and Seng, Michael P.
(1981)
"The Admissibility of Expert Testimony on the Issue of Eyewitness Identification in Criminal Trials,"
Northern Illinois University Law Review: Vol. 2:
Iss.
1, Article 8.
Suggested Citation
Edward B. Arnolds, William K. Carroll and Michael P. Seng, The Admissibility of Expert Testimony on the Issue of Eyewitness Identification in Criminal Trials, 2 N. Ill. U. L. Rev. 59 (1981).
