RULE 705. DISCLOSURE OF FACTS OR DATA UNDERLYING EXPERT OPINION
Effective Date: 3/1/1990
Obsolete Date: 3/1/1997
The expert may testify in terms of opinion or inference and give reasons therefor without previous disclosure of the underlying facts or data, unless the court requires otherwise. The expert may in any event be required to disclose the underlying facts or data on cross-examination.
Rule 705 was amended, effective March 1, 1990; March 1, 1997; March 1, 2014.
Rule 705 is based on Fed.R.Ev. 705.
Rule 705 was amended, effective March 1, 2014, in response to the December 1, 2011, revision of the Federal Rules of Evidence. The language and organization of the rule were changed to make the rule more easily understood and to make style and terminology consistent throughout the rules. There is no intent to change any result in any ruling on evidence admissibility.
SOURCES: Joint Procedure Committee Minutes of April 26-27, 2012, page 32; September 28-29, 1995, pages 18-19; March 24-25, 1988, page 12; December 3, 1987, pages 15-16; June 3, 1976, page 7. Fed.R.Ev. 705; Rule 705, SBAND proposal.