What is the test for determining the admissibility of testimony based on a newly developed scientific experiment or principle?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Law, 114 Cal.Rptr. 708, 40 Cal.App.3d 69 (Cal. App. 1974):
The test for determining the admissibility of testimony based on a newly developed scientific experiment or principle was stated in Huntingdon v. Crowley (1966) 64 Cal.2d 647, 653--654, 51 Cal.Rptr. 254, 260, 414 P.2d 382, 388:
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