In re the Detention of Berry

*376¶1 John Berry challenges his commitment as a sexually violent predator, in part because the court admitted an expert’s testimony without first conducting a Frye1 hearing. But because the evidence implicated no novel scientific principle or procedure, no Frye hearing was required, and we affirm. In the unpublished portion of this opinion, we reject Berry’s argument that he had an irreconcilable conflict with his assigned counsel.

Ellington, J.

BACKGROUND

¶2 Berry has been convicted of five sexually violent offenses, including second degree rape by forcible compulsion in 1975, second degree rape…