State v. Raynor

Summary

Justice D’Auria, joined by Justices Palmer and Mullins, concurs in the majority’s determination that the trial court improperly refused to conduct a Porter hearing concerning contested expert evidence and that the error substantially affected the verdict. The concurrence agrees that current law requires a new trial but suggests that a future case should consider a limited remand for a postjudgment hearing, with a new trial required only if the expert evidence is found inadmissible.