STATE EX REL. MONTGOMERY v. KARP

No. 1 CA-CV 13-0599.

336 P.3d 753 (2014)

STATE of Arizona ex rel. William G. MONTGOMERY, Maricopa County Attorney, Petitioner/Appellee, v. The Honorable Ronald KARP, Justice of the Peace Pro Tempore, West Mesa Justice Court, Respondent Judge/Appellee, Matthew Voris, Real Party in Interest/Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 1.

October 9, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maricopa County Attorney's Office by Gerald R. Grant , Phoenix, Counsel for Petitioner/Appellee.

Jeffrey Mehrens, Attorney at Law by Jeffrey Mehrens , Phoenix, Counsel for Real Party in Interest/Appellant.

Judge RANDALL M. HOWE delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Presiding Judge PATRICIA A. OROZCO and Judge MAURICE PORTLEY joined.


OPINION

HOWE, Judge:

¶ 1 Real Party in Interest Matthew Voris appeals from the superior court's order reversing the justice court's order precluding the State's expert witness from testifying. The parties contest whether an expert witness may testify as to her own independent opinion when she relies on facts and data prepared by a non-testifying expert. We hold that the expert may testify when the basis of her independent opinion are forensic reports...

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