ADMISSIBILITY OF EXPERT TESTIMONY
In 1923, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia announced the Frye test, which required a proponent of scientific evidence to establish that the expert witness’s theory and method were generally accepted within the relevant scientific community. Frye v. United States, 293 F. 1013 (D.C. Cir. 1923). In Frye, the court explained: Just …