Legal Opinion
Andrews v. State
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided October 30, 2015No. 5D14-4090PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLawson, C.J.
Tommie L. Andrews appeals from the denial of his amended petition for release from civil commitment pursuant to the Civil Commitment of Sexually Violent Predators Act (the Jimmy Ryce Act), sections 394.910-.931, Florida Statutes. As his sole issue on appeal, Andrews argues that the trial judge erred in considering testimony from the State’s two experts over his objection that their opinions did not meet the Daubert1 standard by which the admissibility of scientific evidence is now judged in Florida’s courts. Ch. 2013-107, Laws of Fla. (2013); see also Giaimo v. Fla. Autosport, Inc., 154 So.3d…
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- Lindh v. MurphySupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- Frye v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1923
- Aaron Lindh v. James P. Murphy, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1996
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