State Ex Rel. Romley v. Fields

How courts have described this case

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• noting that a Frye hearing is only required before admitting expert testimony that relies on new scientific tests or techniques
• holding Frye inapplicable to predictions of future dangerousness based upon actuarial instruments
• explaining that special action jurisdiction “should be reserved for ‘extraordinary circumstances’”
• “Unlike DNA and other types of‘scientific’ evidence, these risk assessment tools do not have an aura of scientific infallibility.”
• Frye test does not apply to actuarial assessments because they are not novel scientific evidence.
• when question presented in special action is one of law, acceptance of special action may be appropriate

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).