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Location: 2nd floor auditorium Course ID: C102312B Number of Sessions: 1 Credits: 3 MCLE Credits
3 MCLE Credits: 1 Skills; 2 PP; Transitional and Non-transitional (also NJ) Course Description:
Proceeding from the perspective of the problem of wrongful convictions, the largest portion of which are attributable to misidentifications, participants will discuss recent developments in the law respecting eyewitness identification evidence, including the admissibility of testimony of experts and eyewitnesses, and an assessment of proposed reforms in the field.
Topic to be addressed include:
- Overview of legal history and update on the current law and practice on eyewitness identification expert testimony, including anecdotal information
- Development of the social science research in the area
- The role of the judge as gatekeeper of both expert and eyewitness testimony
- Emerging issues in eyewitness identification cases
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Program Co-sponsors: New York Criminal Bar Association and NYCLA’s Criminal Justice Section
Program Co-Chairs & Moderators: Hon. Marcy L. Kahn, New York County Supreme and Hon. J. Kevin McKay, Kings County Supreme Court
Special Guests : Kristine Hamann, Executive Assistant District Attorney, Office of the NYC Special Narcotics Prosecutor and Katherine A. Lemire, Esq., Counsel to the Police Commissioner, NYPD
Contributing Consultant: Hon. Jill Konviser, New York County Supreme Court
Faculty: Matthew Bogdanos, Senior Trial Counsel, New York County District Attorney’s Office; Jennifer Dysart, Ph.D, Associate Professor of Psychology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice; Miriam Hibel, Esq., author, New York Identification Law Click Here to download order form
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