FRYE TEST

Frye test. The defunct federal common-law rule of evidence on the admissibility of scientific

evidence. • It required that the tests or procedures must have gained general acceptance in their

particular field. In Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharms., Inc., 509 U.S. 579, 113 S.Ct. 2786 (1993), the

Supreme Court held that scientific evidence must meet the requirements of the Federal Rules of

Evidence, not the Frye test, to be admissible.Frye v. United States, 293 F. 1013 (D.C. Cir. 1923).

See DAUBERT TEST. [Cases: Criminal Law 388.1–388.4; Evidence 555. C.J.S. Evidence §§

597–598, 601, 649, 652, 713.][Blacks Law 8th]