Expert, scientific, or specialized evidence satisfies the requirements under Federal Rule of Evidence 702 or comparable State rules for the admissibility of expert, scientific, or specialized evidence, only if the expert, scientific, or specialized field or method is shown to be reliable.

Contributed in 2008 & last edited in 2010 by Peter Tillers
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