The court properly granted the People's motion for a hearing pursuant to Frye v United States (293 F 1013 [DC Cir 1923]) on the issue of the scientific underpinnings of the defense expert's theory. Defendant's forensic pathologist was not an expert in toxicology and could provide no authority to support his theory that five prescription drugs found in the victim's system interacted with one another so as to heighten their sedative effect and cause the victim to die...
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