APS

31st APS Annual Convention · 2019

Does Hearsay Testimony By Expert Law Enforcement Influence Jurors' Evaluation of Eyewitness Evidence?

Washington, DC · May 2019

Poster · Cognitive

  • 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

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