Supreme Court Tests Bounds of Expert Testimony in Criminal Cases

Supreme Court Tests Bounds of Expert Testimony in Criminal Cases
U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on March 22, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times
Sam Dorman
Sam Dorman
Washington Correspondent
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The Supreme Court pressed attorneys on March 19 to specify how much expert witnesses can comment on the knowledge of particular groups of people in criminal wrongdoing.

Oral argument in Diaz v. United States focused on the legal principle of mens rea, or the idea that a criminal defendant understood they were breaking the law or engaging in wrongdoing while committing a crime.

Sam Dorman
Sam Dorman
Washington Correspondent
Sam Dorman is a Washington correspondent covering courts and politics for The Epoch Times. You can follow him on X at @EpochofDorman.
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