APS
31st APS Annual Convention · 2019
Does Hearsay Testimony By Expert Law Enforcement Influence Jurors' Evaluation of Eyewitness Evidence?
- Kendra Paquette
California State University, Fullerton - Iris Blandón-Gitlin
California State University, Fullerton
Abstract
How do jurors perceive eyewitness evidence when an eyewitness makes inconsistent identifications? To rehabilitate witnesses, the prosecution can introduce a positive identification through expert law-enforcement testimony. Jurors read a case transcript, provided guilty verdicts, and assessed the eyewitness evidence. On some measures jurors show sensitivity to reliability of eyewitness evidence.
Forensic/Criminal Justice