In re the Care & Treatment of Girard

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Nuss, C.J.:

If expert opinion testimony based on scientific methods or procedures is offered as evidence in Kansas state courts, the offering party must satisfy the Frye test. See Frye v. United States, 293 F. 1013 (D.C. Cir. 1923). That test requires a “showing that the basis of a scientific opinion is generally accepted as reliable within the expert’s particular scientific field.” State v. Shadden, 290 Kan. 803, 819, 235 P.3d 436 (2010).

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