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Try CasePortal for Free[Consolidated.] J. Gooden Brown finds that the trial court properly barred an expert in child abuse from testifying that shaking alone can cause injuries associated with shaken baby syndrome. Other experts have limited using data to calculate the likelihood of injury, and experts disagree on patterns of hemorrhages in such cases. In one case, accepting the testimony would require the jury to infer defendant harmed the baby even though the state could not explain how defendant had done so. Affirmed.
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