Legal Opinion
State v. Younts
Court of Appeals of North Carolina
Decided July 18, 2017No. COA16-213PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*643 INMAN, Judge.
*581 Under Rule 702 of the North Carolina Rules of Evidence, a trial court does not err when it admits expert testimony regarding the results of a Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus ("HGN") test without first determining that HGN testing is a product of reliable principles and methods as required by subsection (a)(2).
*582 Jennifer Leigh Younts ("Defendant") appeals from a judgement entered following a jury trial in which she was found guilty of driving while impaired. Defendant argues that the trial court erred by admitting testimony about the results of an HGN test, because the testifying…
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