The State, Respondent v. Roy Lee Jones, Petitioner.

Summary

The South Carolina Supreme Court affirmed the Court of Appeals’ judgment, holding that the trial judge properly qualified the child‑sex‑abuse dynamics witness as an expert and that the expert’s testimony satisfied the reliability threshold under Rule 702. The Court clarified the test for determining when subject matter lies beyond lay knowledge and reiterated that reliability, not perfection, is the requisite standard.