Defendant appealed from his conviction for drug and firearms offenses, arguing that the district court erroneously admitted eyewitness identification evidence, failed to instruct the jury on eyewitness identification, and violated his Sixth Amendment right to counsel. Defendant also challenged the ...

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The Missouri Supreme Court is considering whether eyewitness identification experts should be allowed to testify in criminal cases following the state’s adoption of the Daubert standard. On Feb. 25, the court heard arguments in the case of Kane Carpenter, who ...

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Where a defendant, who was convicted of first-degree murder and robbery, argued that the trial court erred by denying his unmodified jury instruction regarding eyewitness identification, the judgment is affirmed because the court followed the relevant notes, which provide that ...

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State v. White (MLW No. 70533/Case No. ED104326 – 8 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Page, J.)

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