People v. Brooks
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Bonnie G. Wittner, J.), rendered September 23, 2013, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of murder in the second degree, and sentencing him to a term of 25 years to life, unanimously affirmed.
The court properly granted the People’s motion for a hearing pursuant to Frye v United States (293 F 1013 [DC Cir 1923]) on the issue of the scientific underpinnings of the defense expert’s theory. Defendant’s forensic pathologist was not an expert in toxicology and could provide no authority to support his theory that five prescription drugs found in the…
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