Scott v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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16 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. “The facts or data in the particular case upon which an expert bases an opinion or inference may be those perceived by or made known to him at or before the hearing. If of a type reasonably relied upon by experts in the particular field in forming opinions or inferences upon the subject, the facts or data need not be admissible in evidence.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Sauerwin v. State · Collins v. Hinton

2. “The very purpose of Rule 703 is to allow the courts to follow the same practice as do experts themselves in forming their opinions, illustrated, for example, by allowing a physician to base his diagnosis on reports from other medical sources. Moreover, when an expert’s testimony is based on hearsay, the lack of personal knowledge on the part of the expert does not mandate the exclusion of the testimony, rather it presents a jury question as to the weight of the testimony.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Collins v. Hinton