Rochkind v. Stevenson

Stanley Rochkind v. Starlena Stevenson, No. 47, September Term, 2019. Opinion by Getty, J. EXPERT WITNESS TESTIMONY—MARYLAND RULE 5-702—SUFFICIENT FACTUAL BASIS—FRYE-REED STANDARD—DAUBERT STANDARD Over four decades ago, the Court of Appeals in Reed v. State,

283 Md. 374

(1978), adopted the “general acceptance” test—first espoused in Frye v. United States,

293 F. 1013

(D.C. Cir. 1923)—for the admissibility of expert testimony based on new or novel scientific principles. In 1993, the Supreme Court of the United States, in adopting a new “reliability” standard for admissibility of expert testimony…