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Correa appeal challenges police narration of video and database licensure evidence
Summary
Defense urged the court to find police narration of a surveillance video and certain expert testimony inadmissible and attacked the reliability of Soundex database testimony used to show lack of firearms licensure; prosecution argued the stills and video required orientation and that corroborating evidence supported the convictions.
At oral argument in Commonwealth v. Correa, defense counsel told the panel the police officer improperly narrated unwitnessed conduct in trial exhibits and offered lay and purportedly expert testimony that invaded the jury’s province. "The video speaks for itself," counsel argued, describing the officer’s repeated commentary about a "white object" going over a fence and…
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