Court Opinion

ID: 9530719
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 04:02:57.239072+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:28:14.087890
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BOYLE, Justice,
concurring in result.
Although I concur in the result of the majority opinion which affirms the district court as to the admissibility of the HGN test, I am unable to concur in that portion of the majority opinion which cites and relies upon Frye v. United States, 293 F. 1013 (D.C.Cir.1923). In our recent case of State v. Crea, 119 Idaho 352, 806 P.2d 445 (1991), we expressly declined to adopt the Frye criterion as the basis for admission of scientifically derived evidence as it related to the facts of that case. See also State v. Iwakiri, 106 Idaho 618, 682 P.2d 571 (1984).
I agree with the legal analysis contained in Justice Johnson’s dissent to the extent that it relates to our case law requiring foundation for the admissibility of evidence based on the reliability of a new scientific method of proof. Although I agree with Justice Johnson’s analysis of the law to that extent, after a review of the record I am satisfied that adequate foundation was established and it was not error to admit the results of the HGN test.