U.S. v. HARRIS

No. 92-5603.

995 F.2d 532 (1993)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert Melvin HARRIS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided June 14, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Denise Charlotte Barrett, Federal Public Defender's Office, Baltimore, MD, argued (James K. Bredar, Federal Public Defender, Denise Benvenga, Asst. Federal Public Defender, on brief), for defendant-appellant.

Ethan L. Bauman, Asst. U.S. Atty., Baltimore, MD, argued (Richard D. Bennett, U.S. Atty., on brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before NIEMEYER and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges, and SPROUSE, Senior Circuit Judge.


OPINION

SPROUSE, Senior Circuit Judge:

The sole issue presented is whether the district court erred in excluding the proffered testimony of the defendant's expert witness concerning psychological limitations on eyewitness identification. We affirm.

I

A man wielding a long-bladed knife robbed a branch of the Bank of Maryland in Annapolis on the afternoon of February 5, 1992. Robert M. Harris, the defendant, admitted that he had been in the...

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