ROBINSON

v.

INDIANA

Citator

Cited By (23 total)

• State v. Hickson, 630 So. 2d 172 (Fla. 1993)
  …ome, with all but two2 deciding that such evidence is admissible.3 Most cases that have found expert testimony on battered-spouse syndrome evidence admissible have used the test derived from Dyas v. United States, 376 A. 2d 827 (D.C.), cert. denied, 434 U.S. 973, 98 S.Ct. 529, 54 L.Ed.2d 464 (1977), i.e., whether “(1) the expert is qualified to give an opinion on the subject matter; (2) the state of the art or scientific knowledge permits a reasonable opinion to be given by the expert; and (3) the subject m…
• Hawthorne v. State, 408 So. 2d 801 (Fla. 1st DCA 1982)
  …rt; and (3) the subject matter of the expert opinion is so related to some science, profession, business, or occupation as to be beyond the understanding of the average layman, citing Dyas v. United States, 376 A. 2d 827 (D.C.App.1977), cert. denied 434 U.S. 973, 98 S.Ct. 529, 54 L.Ed.2d 464 (1977). Basically, the same criteria are applicable in the instant case. See, Johnson v. State, 393 So. 2d 1069, 1072 (Fla.1980); Buchman v. Seaboard Coastline Railroad Co., 381 So. 2d 229 (Fla.1980); Johnson v. State…
• Hawthorne v. State, 470 So. 2d 770 (Fla. 1st DCA 1985)
  …certain language from Ibn-Tamas v. United States, 407 A. 2d [*775] 626 (D.C.1979) (Ibn-Tamas I), may have added to the confusion. Hawthorne II, following Ibn-Tamas I, which in turn followed Dyas v. United States, 376 A. 2d 827 (D.C.), cert. denied, 434 U.S. 973, 98 S.Ct. 529, 54 L.Ed.2d 464 (1977), applied a three-fold test for determining the admissibility of expert testimony relating to the subject of the battered woman syndrome: (1) Whether the expert is qualified to give an opinion on the subject matte…