PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Peter Quintieri
AU  - Kenneth J. Weiss
TI  - Admissibility of False‐Confession Testimony: Know Thy Standard
DP  - 2005 Jan 01
TA  - Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
PG  - 535--538
VI  - 33
IP  - 4
4099  - http://jaapl.org/content/33/4/535.short
4100  - http://jaapl.org/content/33/4/535.full
SO  - J Am Acad Psychiatry Law2005 Jan 01; 33
AB  - The reliability of confessions is subject to a variety of factors, some of which give rise to expert testimony. To the degree that prosecutors construe the determination of reliability as an objective standard, they may attempt to bar testimony. Moreover, when the testimony is theoretical rather than clinical, there are additional challenges. Depending on jurisdiction, the admissibility of expert testimony on whether a confession was knowing, intelligent, and voluntary is subject to a legal threshold such as the Frye or Daubert standard. The authors review a 2002 New Jersey Superior Court ruling that illustrates the forces that shape the admissibility of confessions.