CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Opinion & Scientific Evidence
......Expert Testimony: Qualifications
.........Qualifications of Expert
............Qualifications: Liberal View
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While expert must be competent, rules of qualification have been relaxed; evidence of standard from related specialties and in similar locales permitted.

Though E did not show she was a renowned latent fingerprint examiner and expert in use of special fingerprint device, she evinced enough expertise to support court's conclusion she qualified as an expert under EC 720.

Courts should take liberal view when reviewing qualifications of experts.