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Lackey v. State

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  • 615 So. 2d 145
  • 1992 WL 345613

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  • when the factfinder has an objective reason to doubt *Page 7 the validity of an expert's conclusion, it may give the expert's testimony little or no weight
  • \`\Expert testimony, even when uncontradicted, is not conclusive on the issue of [competency], . . . and the jury may find such testimony adequately rebutted by the observations of mere laymen.\'\ (quoting Ellis v. State , 570 So.2d 744 , 752 (Ala.Crim.App. 1990

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Judges: Bowen

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