183 W. Va. 304 - Jones v. Garnes’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
June 2019
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 173 W. Va. 317 - State v. Peyatt · 165 W. Va. 572 - State v. Demastus · Jordan v. Bero · State v. Louk · State v. Louk
Most-quoted passages
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“[i]f scientific, technical, or other specialized knowledge will assist the trier of fact to understand the evidence or to determine a fact in issue, a witness qualified as an expert by knowledge, skill, experience, training, or education may testify thereto in the form of an opinion or otherwise.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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