Saturday, April 29, 2006

Pennsylvania's High Court Upholds Admissibility of Computer-Generated Animations

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has issued a major opinion upholding the admissibility of computer-generated animations as demonstrative evidence, without the need for a Frye inquiry. Justice Newman authored the majority opinion. See Commonwealth v. Serge, No. 150 MAP 2004 (Pa. Apr. 25, 2006). Justices Cappy, Castille, and Eakin each filed separate concurrences.

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Fed. R. Evid. 702: If scientific, technical, or other specialized knowledge will assist the trier of fact to understand the evidence or to determine a fact in issue, a witness qualified as an expert by knowledge, skill, experience, training, or education, may testify thereto in the form of an opinion or otherwise, if (1) the testimony is based upon sufficient facts or data, (2) the testimony is the product of reliable principles and methods, and (3) the witness has applied the principles and methods reliably to the facts of the case.