347 So. 2d 236 - State v. Carter’s Empirical Analysis

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12 state decisions

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1. “[A]s long as the expert testifies about matters knowledge of which he has obtained through special training or experience, it is not necessary that the subject to be discussed be susceptible of scientific training or knowledge. See State v. Marks, 337 So.2d 1177 (La.1976); State v. Tornabene, 337 So.2d 214 (La.1976); State v. McCray, 327 So.2d 408 (La.1976). The knowledge of the procedures and techniques commonly used in the sale and exchange of controlled dangerous substances is not generally possessed by the public at large but requires special training or experience to acquire.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 421 So. 2d 895 - State v. Montana

2. “[s]ince the officers had a great deal of practical experience and knowledge in the techniques and procedures employed in the sale of controlled dangerous substances in the City of New Orleans, the defendant has not demonstrated that the judge abused his discretion in accepting the officers as experts in this area. Carter , at 238.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Washington

3. “"The test of the competency of an expert is his knowledge of the subject about which he is called upon to express an opinion, and before any witness can give evidence as an expert his competency so to testify must have been established to the satisfaction of the court."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 351 So. 2d 1193 - State v. Lewis