Frye Rule

In a much earlier judicial decision related to the scientific reliability of lie detection tests, the so-called Frye rule had emerged. The rule emphasized the need for scientific evidence to have general acceptance before it could be presented to a jury it held sway in courts until the Daubert decision (and is still considered appropriate in some jurisdictions). 

The Frye Rules, which do not apply to all states, are used to validate expert testimony. They require the following criteria ... 

Organic metal salts have frequently failed to produce an appreciable chemical stabilization effect, either during dehydrochlorination induction periods or in later decomposition stages. While this does not rule out the occurrence of Frye and Horst substitution reactions, it does suggest that these reactions may not be responsible for the observed retardation of color developments [126-128]. 

E. L. Eliel, S. V. Frye, E. R. Hortelano, X. B. Chen, Asymmetric synthesis and Cram s (chelate) rule, Pure Appl. Chem. 1991, 63, 1591-1598. 

In 1993, an opinion from the Supreme Court of the United States in Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 509 US 579, held that the adoption of the Federal Rules impliedly overturned the decision in Frye. Importantly, the text of the FRE does... 

Critics of Frye also maintain that most state and federal trial judges can and do marshal the resources needed to increase their competence and confidence in performing the gatekeeping responsibilities mandated by the Daubert decision. Examples of such resources include use of court-appointed experts under FRE 706, use of special masters under Rule 53 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, use of the... 

Although the Supreme Court stated that the Frye decision did not survive the enactment of the Federal Rules of Evidence, the Frye test remains influential in American courts. The Frye test refers to the standard for admission of scientific evidence applied by the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia in Frye V. United States, 293 F. 1013 (D.C. Cir. 1923). In refusing to admit the results of a lie detector test, the court stated in pertinent part ... 

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