Commonwealth v. Greineder’s Empirical Analysis

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52 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. “draws upon testing conducted and results reached by other analysts[ ] who do not testify ... is permissible provided that the testifying analyst 'reviewed the nontestifying analyst's work, ... conducted an independent evaluation of the data,' and 'then expressed [his or] her own opinion, and did not merely act as a conduit for the opinions of others.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 93 Mass. App. Ct. 6 - Commonwealth v. Gonzalez

2. “We allow an expert to testify to his or her independent opinion even if based on data not in evidence; we do not allow expert witnesses to testify to the specifics of hearsay information underlying the opinion on direct examination.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Crichlow

3. “[e]xpert opinion testimony ... does not violate the right of confrontation because the witness is subject to cross-examination concerning his or her expert opinion and the reliability of the underlying facts and data.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 93 Mass. App. Ct. 1114 - Commonwealth v. Rivera