State v. Downey

OPINION

MAES, Justice.

{1} The question presented in this appeal is whether the trial court properly executed its gatekeeping function in determining that (1) the State’s witness, Ron Smock, was qualified to testify as an expert concerning the science of retrograde extrapolation; and (2) Smock’s expert testimony was reliable and admissible pursuant to the criteria established in Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 509 U.S. 579, 113 S.Ct. 2786, 125 L.Ed.2d 469 (1993), and State v. Alberico, 116 N.M. 156, 861 P.2d 192 (1993). We assume without deciding that the trial court properly…