IN RE L.C.

No. 10-FS-709.

92 A.3d 290 (2014)

In re L.C., Appellant.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided June 5, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stefanie Schneider , Public Defender Service, with whom James Klein and Alice Wang , Public Defender Service, were on the brief, for appellant.

John J. Woykovsky , Assistant Attorney General, with whom Irvin B. Nathan , Attorney General for the District of Columbia, Todd S. Kim , Solicitor General, and Rosalyn Calbert Groce , Deputy Solicitor General, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before WASHINGTON, Chief Judge, GLICKMAN, Associate Judge, and NEBEKER, Senior Judge.


GLICKMAN, Associate Judge:

This is an appeal from a delinquency adjudication after a bench trial on charges arising out of an attempted carjacking. The case against L.C. rested on the complainant's identifications of him shortly after the crime occurred and a month later at trial. L.C. claims the trial court erred in precluding him from presenting expert testimony on relevant psychological factors bearing on the reliability of such eyewitness identifications. We agree...

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