What Qualifies Someone to be an Expert in Courts in Las Vegas Nevada?
Whether someone is deemed an expert in court in Las Vegas, Nevada, is based upon a variety of factors. These factors are laid out in Nevada’s statutes, which are created by the state legislature and case law, which is written by our Nevada Supreme Court. There are three main Nevada statutes which govern experts. We will take a look at each one, including their case law counterparts. The first we will take a look at is NRS 50.275 entitled “Testimony by experts”. It provides in full: If scientific, technical or other specialized knowledge will assist the trier of the fact to understand the evidence or to determine a fact in issue, a witness qualified as an expert by special knowledge, skill, experience, training or education may testify to matters within the scope of such knowledge. The Nevada Supreme Court has held that an expert witness need not be licensed to testify as a expert. Freeman v. Davidson , 105 Nev. 13, 768 P.2d 885 (1989). The witness must simpl...