Case Name: STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. William SYBERS, Respondent
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1999-10-20
Citations: 743 So. 2d 619
Docket Number: No. 98-4701
Parties: STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. William SYBERS, Respondent.
Judges: BOOTH, ALLEN and PADOVANO, JJ., CONCUR.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 743
Pages: 619–619

Head Matter:
STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. William SYBERS, Respondent.
No. 98-4701.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Oct. 20, 1999.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Stephen R. White, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee; Harry Shorstein, State Attorney, and Paul D. Johnson, Assistant State Attorney, Tampa, for Petitioner.
Harry L. Harper, Panama City, and Jerry Crawford, Des Moines, Iowa, for Respondent.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The petitioner seeks certiorari review of a pretrial ruling precluding certain expert opinion testimony from being presented as evidence at trial. In the challenged order the court determined that this novel scientific evidence does not comport with the Frye standard for admissibility, as it involves methods and processes which do not presently have general acceptance in the pertinent scientific community. Having considered the matter de novo, as required by cases such as Brim v. State, 695 So.2d 268 (Fla.1997), we likewise conclude that the state failed to establish the necessary scientific acceptance as to some of the principles and methods on which the expert relied. To the extent that the expert's opinions are derived from principles and methods which do not have such general acceptance and thus do not satisfy Frye, the testimony may not be presented at trial. The petition for a writ of certiora-ri is therefore denied/
BOOTH, ALLEN and PADOVANO, JJ., CONCUR.
Frye v. United States, 293 F. 1013 (D.C.Cir.1923).