Appeals Panel: Objection To Detective’s Testimony On Body Language Was Not Preserved

(November 15, 2016, 11:32 AM EST) -- HARTFORD, Conn. — A defendant failed to preserve an argument that a detective’s testimony on body language and other behavioral indicators of untruthfulness are not proper subjects for expert testimony, a Connecticut appeals panel held Nov. 15, declining to decide whether the testimony was inherently unreliable (State of Connecticut v. Josue Rivera, No. AC 36979, Conn. App.; 2016 Conn. App. LEXIS 420)....

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