Casey Anthony case: A review of the defense’s motion concerning State expert witness Lowe - Valhall

Casey Anthony case: A review of the defense’s motion concerning State expert witness Lowe
Posted on March 29, 2011 by Valhall

Excerpt:

The defense team has filed an Amended Motion in Limine for Hearing on the Unreliability of the Scientific Testimony by Karen Lowe on Post-Mortem Hair Banding. This motion is two part and kind of works both ends against the middle. In the first part of the motion the defense team states the State did not meet the requirements of a Frye hearing. Their argument for making this claim is that the State only produced Ms. Lowe herself to support her work. They cite several cases that point out that an expert witness cannot vet their own work in order to meet the requirements of a Frye hearing. The second part of the motion then says that Ms. Lowe’s testimony will be pure opinion, so it really doesn’t qualify for a Frye hearing, but since Ms. Lowe stated in the hearing she was not an expert in the field of post-mortem hair banding, her “pure opinion” would be a layperson’s opinion on a scientific matter and therefore should not be allowed in. This article will look at both parts of this motion, and why they are both very, very wrong.

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