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COMMONWEALTH v. SANTOLI

424 Mass. 837 (1997)

COMMONNWEALTH v. ANTHONY F. SANTOLI, JR.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Norfolk.

May 8, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin H. Keehn, Committee for Public Counsel Services (Larry Tipton, Committee for Public Counsel Services, with him) for the defendant.

Robert C. Cosgrove, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., O'CONNOR, GREANEY, FRIED, & MARSHALL, JJ.

WILKINS, C.J.

We granted the defendant's application for direct appellate review to consider his request that we change this court's position on the admissibility of expert testimony concerning the capacity of eyewitnesses to make reliable identifications in particular circumstances.

In Commonwealth v. Francis, 390 Mass. 89, 98-101 (1983), this court held that, although...

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