STATE v. SYBERS

No. 98-4701.

743 So.2d 619 (1999)

STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. William SYBERS, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

October 20, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Stephen R. White, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee; Harry Shorstein, State Attorney, and Paul D. Johnson, Assistant State Attorney, Tampa, for Petitioner.

Harry L. Harper, Panama City, and Jerry Crawford, Des Moines, Iowa, for Respondent.


PER CURIAM.

The petitioner seeks certiorari review of a pretrial ruling precluding certain expert opinion testimony from being presented as evidence at trial. In the challenged order the court determined that this novel scientific evidence does not comport with the Frye* standard for admissibility, as it involves methods and processes which do not presently have general acceptance in the pertinent scientific community. Having considered...

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