55 Wash. App. 382 - State v. Ward’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 101 Wash. 2d 591 - State v. Allery · 109 Wash. 2d 832 - State v. Coe · 92 Wash. 2d 854 - Walker v. Bangs · 45 Wash. App. 692 - State v. Moon · 46 Wash. App. 656 - State v. Hanson
Most-quoted passages
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“If 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“whether (1) the witness qualifies as an expert, (2) the opinion is based upon an explanatory theory generally accepted in the scientific community, and (3) the expert testimony would be helpful to the trier of fact.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“that also involve fact patterns that are”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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