Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 4/22/1974

Commonwealth v. Devlin

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310 N.E.2d 353
365 Mass. 149
1974 Mass. LEXIS 638

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trial judge’s ruling on admission of expert testimony “will be reversed on appeal only if it constituted an abuse of discretion or was otherwise tainted with error of law”
reliability of premise on which expert testimony was based shown by repeated demonstrations that in its application the premise proved correct
identification of parts of body by comparative analysis of X-rays
identification of parts of body by comparative analysis of X-rays
requiring \substantial authority for\ acceptance within the scientific community
requiring “substantial authority for” acceptance within the scientific community

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Judges: Tauro, Reardon, Quirico, Hennessey, Wilkins

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