CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Opinion & Scientific Evidence
......Kelly Test (Kelly-Frye)
.........What is Not Subject to Test
............Probability Extrapolation
2 Cards On This Topic:
  • No error in allowing D's evidence challenging Ps' proffered "Yale Study" evidence: challenge was to professionalism behind the methodology and Kelly standards re new scientific methods did not apply.
  • Criminalist's use of probability extrapolation to find weight of seized cocaine not new scientific theory and proper for courtroom use.