Oregon Supreme Court· 1/25/1982

State v. Stringer

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639 P.2d 1264
292 Or. 388

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noting that the defendant was charged “with manslaughter in the second degree (ORS 163.125(1)(a)) and was found guilty of the lesser included crime of criminally negligent homicide (ORS 163.145)”
if answer to question whether expert testimony will assist jury reasonably could be decided either way, then trial court has latitude in admitting evidence
although discretion can play a role in helpfulness determination, discretion is inapplicable where jury lacks expertise to understand evidence without assistance
“[w]hen the evidence upon which an expert bases his opinion is contradicted by the other evidence, the jury determines which evidence is to he accepted as correct and judges the credibility of the expert’s testimony accordingly”

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Judges: Denecke, Tongue, Lent, Linde, Peterson, Tanzer

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