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· 5/24/2017

Jorge Ibanez-Beltran v. Loretta Lynch

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  • stating an expert “witness need not possess all of the knowledge in a given field” (citation and quotation marks omitted)
  • finding reversible error to exclude testimony about validity of field sobriety tests from a scholar who had not given those tests himself
  • “Harmless error exists where the appellate court is convinced beyond a reasonable doubt that the erroneously admitted evidence could not have contributed to the verdict.”
  • an expert witness must only “possess more knowledge than is - 17 - J-S40007-24 otherwise within the ordinary range of training, knowledge, intelligence or experience” to testify

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