Corrothers v. State
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Affirming capital-murder convictions and death sentences, the Mississippi Supreme Court held eyewitness-identification expert testimony was excluded as unreliable because the expert applied methods to inaccurate and incomplete facts.

2014 | State Juristiction

Corrothers v. State

Keywords Mississippi Supreme Court; capital-murder convictions; death sentences; eyewitness-identification; expert testimony; unreliable; inaccurate facts; incomplete facts; expert methods; excluded testimony
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The Mississippi Supreme Court upheld capital-murder convictions and death sentences. The Court determined that expert testimony regarding eyewitness identification was properly excluded. This exclusion was based on the finding that the expert's methods were applied to facts that were both inaccurate and incomplete, rendering the testimony unreliable.

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The Mississippi Supreme Court upheld capital-murder convictions and death sentences. The court determined that expert testimony regarding eyewitness identification was unreliable. This decision was based on the expert's use of methods applied to facts that were found to be both inaccurate and incomplete.

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The Mississippi Supreme Court upheld capital-murder convictions and death sentences. The court decided that testimony from an expert on eyewitness identification was not reliable enough to be included. This was because the expert used methods with facts that were both wrong and not complete.

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The Mississippi Supreme Court upheld capital murder convictions and death sentences. The court decided that a special kind of expert testimony about eyewitnesses was not reliable. This was because the expert used wrong or missing information when forming their opinions.

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Corrothers v. State, 148 So. 3d 278, 293–98 (Miss. 2014)

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