State v. Sipin
Court of Appeals of Washington
1Opinion of the Court
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Becker, J.*
— Michael Lee Sipin and his friend David Taylor were riding in Sipin’s new BMW Z-3 convertible when it crashed and Taylor was killed. The State charged Sipin with vehicular homicide and, at trial, sought to admit computer-generated simulation evidence using Version 6.2 *406of a program called PC-CRASH to prove that Sipin had been the driver of the Z-3. Following a Frye1 hearing, the trial court admitted the evidence, and the jury convicted Sipin. In light of postverdict evidence, we cannot be confident that a scientific consensus has been achieved among accident reconstructionists…
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2Cases cited20 opinions
- Frye v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1923
- State v. RussellWashington Supreme Court · 1994
- State v. CopelandWashington Supreme Court · 1996
- State v. CauthronWashington Supreme Court · 1993
- State v. SmithWashington Supreme Court · 1986
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