SISSOKO v. STATE

No. 613, Sept. Term, 2016.

182 A.3d 874 (2018)

236 Md.App. 676

Moussa SISSOKO v. STATE of Maryland.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

April 9, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Argued by Claire Caplan (Paul DeWolfe, Public Defender, on the brief), Baltimore, MD, for Appellant.

Argued by Sarah P. Pritzlaff (Brian E. Frosh, Attorney General, on the brief), Baltimore, MD, for Appellee.

Panel: Eyler, Deborah S., Kehoe, Arthur, JJ.


In this appeal, we consider the interplay of the Frye-Reed general acceptance test and Rule 5-702 as they apply to expert testimony that an infant's death was caused by abusive head trauma, the current medical nomenclature for what used to be known as shaken baby syndrome.

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