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1996 SESSION

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HB 923 Expert testimony in criminal cases.

Introduced by: William P. Robinson, Jr. | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY:

Expert testimony in criminal cases. Incorporates the civil (statutory) rule into criminal practice that an expert can offer an opinion based on external information if it is of the kind typically relied upon by experts in the field and if the jury is informed of the nature but not the contents of the external information. This was the apparent rule in criminal practice (by case law) until the civil rule was enacted and, because the civil rule was not specifically made applicable (by statute) to criminal practice, it was deemed inapplicable to criminal practice by the Supreme Court. The current situation is one of confusion and erratic application of the rule.

FULL TEXT

• 01/22/96  House: Presented & ordered printed 962183152  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/22/96  House: Presented & ordered printed 962183152
• 01/22/96  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 01/25/96  House: Assigned to C. J. sub-committee: 1
• 02/11/96  House: Passed by indefinitely in C. J. (22-Y 0-N)