ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Published Online: 1 July 1982
Page Count: 11

“A Still-Life Watercolor”: Frye v. United States
Starrs, JE
Professor, The George Washington University, National Law Center, DC

(Received 30 October 1981; accepted 20 November 1981)

Abstract

A review is made of documentary material in Frye v. Unites States, the case that set the precedent for the Frye test for the admissibility of scientific evidence. The author concludes that the facts of the original case have become seriously distorted with the passage of time.

Keywords:
jurisprudence, admissibility, Frye case

Paper ID: JFS12176J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS12176J
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