Sauerwin v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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18 state decisions

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1. “Rule 703 allows “an expert [to] render an opinion based on facts and data otherwise inadmissible, including hearsay, as long as they are of a type reasonably relied upon by experts in the field.” Goff v. State, 329 Ark. 513, 521 , 953 S.W.2d 38, 42 (1997). Furthermore, when a statement, such as expert testimony, “is admitted for a legitimate, non-hearsay purpose, that is, not to prove the truth of the assertions therein, the statement is not hearsay under the traditional rules of evidence and the non-hearsay aspect raises no confrontation-clause concerns.” Dednam [v. State, 360 Ark. 240, 248 , 200 S.W.3d 875, 880 (2005) ]. Lastly, the appellant must demonstrate that he has been prejudiced, beyond the bare assertion of his right to confront the witness, by the denial of cross-examination or that such request would have availed him anything. Marta [v. State], 336 Ark. 67 , 983 S.W.2d 924 [ (1990) ].”

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