In re O.F., 2020 IL App (1st) 190662 (June). Episode 796 (Duration 9:09)
Court reverses this conviction even though the officer testified that he clearly saw the defendant driving the car.
Read moreWhen A Perpetrator Description Can Be So Detailed And So Good It Damages The Photo Lineup (Photos Enclosed)
People v. Clifton, 2019 IL App (1st) 151967 (April). Episode 632 (Duration 8:20)
Unduly suggestive ID, you make the call photos provided here. ** This opinion has photos.
[Read more…]Eyewitness Expert Not Allowed To Get Into Individual Witnesses Reliability
People v. Corral, 2019 IL App (1st) 171501 (March). Episode 618 (Duration 11:38)
Kid got his eyewitness expert witness on the stand, but the witness was not allowed to get into what she thought about the reliability of the witness.
Will You Be Ineffective If You Don’t Call An Eyewitness Expert Witness?
People v. Macklin, 2019 IL App (1st) 161165 (March). Episode 604 (Duration 9:02)
Was defense counsel ineffective for not calling an eyewitness expert witness?
[Read more…]Reversible Error For The State To Spring A Doctored Image Before The Jury
People v. Middleton, 2018 IL App (1st) 152040 (June). Episode 503 (Duration 17:07)
Here’s the photo… [Read more…]
Single Finger Eyewitness Identification Cases Remain Alive And Well
In re N.A., 2018 IL App (1st) 181332 (December). Episode 578 (Duration 7:08)
It it still appropriate to allow a conviction based on the word of one eyewitness? [Read more…]
Defense Establishes That Police Fed This Eye Witness Information About The Suspect
In re Christian W., 2017 IL App (1st) 162897 (August) Episode 392 (Duration 22:36)
Unreliable eyewitness is established when defense establishes that the police fed information to the witness. [Read more…]
Trial Court Distinguishes The Hell Out Of Lerma To Deny The Use Of Eyewitness Expert
People v. Anderson, 2017 IL App (1st) 122640 (January). Episode 293 (Duration 10:22)
Trial court distinguishes Lerma to deny the use of an eyewitness expert in this case. [Read more…]
Professor Karen Daniel Shares Her Insight And Experience On Eyewitness Identification Litigation
Clinical Professor of Law Karen L. Daniel and Director of the Northwestern Center on Wrongful Convictions recently sat down with the Criminal Nuggets podcast. [Read more…]
Meet A Real Life Eyewitness Identification Expert: Professor Shari Berkowitz
Assistant Professor Shari Berkowitz from California State University Dominguez Hills sits down with the Criminal Nuggets to talk about problems with eyewitness memories in a criminal case. [Read more…]
Eyewitness Expert Testimony Validated by Illinois Supreme Court
People v. Lerma, 2016 IL 118496 (January 2016). Episode 132 (Duration 5:16)
Illinois Supreme Court acknowledges that the legal landscape for eyewitness expert testimony has dramatically shifted from novel and uncertain to settled and widely accepted. [Read more…]
How To Admit Eyewitness Identification Expert Testimony
There is so much research on eyewitness identification expert witness admissibility testimony out there. We have all received the message: “Eyewitness identification testimony is unreliable.” Ok, now what? [Read more…]