Chrystiawan v. Mukasey

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• judge must make preliminary assessment whether reasoning or methodology underlying proffered expert testimony is scientifically valid
• general “acceptance in the scientific community” is “not the test” but “is a factor” in deciding admissibility of expert opinion
• Court of Appeals “would not condone [the admission of] such opinion testimony absent the examinee’s consistent testimony”
• rejected a mechanical application of the test announced in Frye v. United States, 293 F. 1013 (D.C.Cir.1923), and held that general acceptance of evidence in the scientific community is merely one factor in determining its probativeness
• “the judge has considerable room to exercise ‘judgment’ ”

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