· 10/11/2012
David E. Lyons v. State of Indiana
Citations
- 976 N.E.2d 137
- 2012 WL 4829806
- 2012 Ind. App. LEXIS 514
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that testimony based on specialized knowledge “need not be proven reliable by means of ‘scientific principles[,]’” and “any weaknesses or problems in the testimony go only to the weight of the testimony, not to its admissibility”
- noting that a party “cannot object on one ground at trial and then raise a different claim of error on appeal”
- explaining that if an expert has specialized knowledge meeting the requirements of Evidence Rule 702(a), “any weaknesses or problems in the testimony go only to the weight of the testimony, not its admissibility”
- stating that if an expert has specialized knowledge meeting the requirements of Evid. R. 702(a), any weaknesses or problems in the expert’s testimony go only to the weight of the testimony, not its admissibility
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Judges: Baker, Robb, Bradford
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