EC-Council: Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator(CHFI-V10) |
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Module 1 : Computer Forensics in Today's World |
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The Frye standard
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The Frye standard is a judicial test used to determine the admissibility of scientific evidence in some U.S. state courts. It‘s also known as the Frye test or general acceptance test. The long-recognized rule of Frye is that “expert testimony based on scientific principles or procedures is admissible but only after a principle or procedure has gained acceptance‘ in its specified field”
The Frye standard states that expert opinions and conclusions based on DNA identification must be admissible in criminal prosecutions. It also states that expert opinion based on a scientific technique is only admissible when the technique is generally accepted as reliable in the relevant scientific community.
The Frye standard was established in the 1923 case Frye v. United States, which discussed the admissibility of a systolic blood pressure deception test as evidence.
The Frye standard prevailed in the federal courts and some states for many years. However, there are generally two major competing standards in United States jurisprudence. These standards are based in two seminal decisions: Frye v. United States and a U.S. Supreme Court decision, Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
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