In Re: Amendments to the Florida Evidence Code

Summary

The Supreme Court of Florida adopted the Legislature's amendments to sections 90.702 and 90.704 of the Florida Evidence Code, replacing the Frye standard for certain expert testimony with the Daubert standard. The Court held that section 90.702 could be adopted as a procedural rule and that section 90.704 could be adopted to the extent it is procedural, while leaving constitutional and other substantive challenges for a proper case or controversy.