Expert Testimony Based on Grisso Protocol Excluded Under Daubert and Confession of Fourteen-Year-Old Defendant Admitted
State v. Griffin, 831 A.2d 252 (2003)
The Appellate Court of Connecticut ruled a trial court properly excluded expert testimony regarding the nature of a juvenile's confession and concluded the juvenile had knowingly, intelligently, and voluntarily waived his privilege against self-incrimination. The defendant, convicted of manslaughter, had been fourteen years of age at the time of the crime. He attempted to suppress his confession at trial based on the testimony of a clinical psychologist...