Legal Question in Civil Litigation in Maryland
relevency standard
In plain english, could you explain what is meant by the relevency standard set by the Feds in 1975 in Federal Rules of Evidence. ''They (Rules of Evidence)are based on the relevency standard in which scientific evidence is deemed more prejudicial than probative may not be admitted.'' I do not understand this statement.
We are studying forensic science,and this would be most helpful to my class if we could understand it!
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: relevency standard
Evidence is explained in jurisprudence on the basis of relevance. There is considerable legal debate over the topic of relevance. Admissibility standards vary based on the legal matter at trial. Essentially any evidence must be probative.
Relevance is relational to evidence as it involves the evidence and the question that it is being proposed to answer. Avoidance of prejudicial taint is the objective of the court.
Maryland applies the Daubert Standard which involves reliability of the test and other case law addresses application of the test properly. Daubert is a wide standard in that it permits as evidence anything that is accepted by the relevant scientific community.
If you would like an attorney to come speak about the law and rule of evidentiary matters, contact me so that we may discuss.
G. Joseph Holthaus
(410) 799-9002
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