FSC239Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: Expert Witness, Voir Dire, Exclusionary Rule
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Who is an expert: involvement in the investigation, creating your report, curriculum vitae (c. v. , disclosure and notice of report and c. v, qualification of the witness, testifying. Expert evidence defined: expert evidence is the opinion of a person w/ expertise in an areas that is relevant to specific issue in a case and is necessary to assist the judge or jury. Generally a witness may not express an opinion, conclusion or deduction on matters calling for special skills or knowledge. Ordinary witnesses can express an opinion in areas such as: identity (voice or physical), speed, intoxication, handwriting, mental or emotional condition, shoeprints: general public can public on. Expert testimony in canada: chickmaglur mohan background. Defense expert to testify that mohan did not fit the psychological profile of a perpetrator of these type of offenses. Expert"s group profiles not sufficiently reliable to be considered helpful. Counsel indicated he intended to call a psychiatrist (dr. hill) slide.
