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Expert Witness Testimony Lacked Specificity, According to 5th Circuit

The Fifth Circuit recently sustained a trial's court's move to exclude evidence offered by a criminal defendant's expert witness regarding false confessions. The court concluded that the expert "added nothing more than abstract scientific nostrums" nor did he apply "recognized or accepted principles to [the defendant's] particular circumstances."

See United States v. Dixon, No. 06-31234 (5th Cir. Jan. 16, 2008) (King, Barksdale, & Dennis, JJ.).

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