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WATSON v. COMMONWEALTH

Record No. 181569.

835 S.E.2d 906 (2019)

Timothy Josaahn WATSON v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

December 12, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger A. Whitus , Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.

Virginia B. Theisen , Senior Assistant Attorney General ( Mark R. Herring , Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.

Amicus Curiae: The American Psychological Association ( Brittany C.B. Amadi ; Daniel S. Volchok ; Amy C. Lishinski ; Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, on brief), in support of appellant.

PRESENT: All the Justices.

In this appeal, we consider whether the trial court abused its discretion in a criminal case by excluding expert testimony regarding eyewitness confidence and denying a proffered jury instruction regarding eyewitness identification.

I. BACKGROUND AND MATERIAL PROCEEDINGS BELOW

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