PEOPLE v. McDONALD

Docket No. Crim. 21770.

37 Cal.3d 351 (1984)

690 P.2d 709

208 Cal. Rptr. 236

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. EDDIE BOBBY McDONALD, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

November 21, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Dean R. Gits, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Daniel J. Kremer, Chief Assistant Attorney General, S. Clark Moore, Assistant Attorney General, Edward T. Fogel, Thomas L. Willhite, Jr., and Robert R. Anderson, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

MOSK, J.

We address here a contention that is increasingly heard in the courts of California and our sister jurisdictions, i.e., that it may be an abuse of discretion to exclude the testimony of a psychologist who is a qualified expert witness on psychological factors shown by the evidence that may affect the accuracy of an eyewitness identification of the defendant. As will appear...

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