expert witness

noun

: a witness in a court of law who is an expert on a particular subject

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Harper and the prosecution’s expert witness, forensic psychiatrist Dr. Tonia Werner, both testified that Boone suffered from Battered Spouse Syndrome as a result of consistent abuse and alcohol use disorder, the official medical term for alcoholism. —

Silas Morgan, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Dec. 2024 Daniel Penny’s defense team called an expert witness Thursday, who challenged the medical examiner’s determination that Jordan Neely died as a result of the former Marine choking him on a subway car. —

Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 21 Nov. 2024 During Coy's trial, the state called another use-of-force expert witness, Seth Stoughton, a professor at the University of South Carolina School of Law, who testified that Coy's actions were not reasonable and did not justify the use of deadly force. —

Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 19 Nov. 2024 Hu was an expert witness for the plaintiffs in the federal fluoride trial. —

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