Expert In Louisiana Criminal Trial Cannot Opine On Defendant’s ‘Reasonable Fear’

( November 25, 2024, 11:20 AM EST) -- GRETNA, La. — A Louisiana appeals court in a split Nov. 22 decision overturned a trial court’s decision to allow an expert retained by a man facing manslaughter charges to opine on whether a victim’s actions created fear of bodily harm for a reasonable person, granting in part the state’s supervisory writ application....

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