State v. Crosby

DURHAM, Justice:

The Utah Court of Appeals transferred this ease for a determination of whether Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 509 U.S. 579, 113 S.Ct. 2786, 125 L.Ed.2d 469 (1993), states a different standard for admitting evidence pursuant to Federal Rule of Evidence 702 than we articulated for admission of evidence under Utah Rule of Evidence 702 in State v. Rimmasch, 775 P.2d 388 (Utah 1989), and if so, whether the Daubert standard should be adopted as the governing rule in Utah. Along with this certified question, this case presents three issues on appeal: (1) whether, given…