John, a psychiatrist, has qualified as an expert witness. He will offer his opinion as to the sanity of Mary, basing his testimony on his personal examination of Mary on two separate occasions. Under Rule 703, John’s opinion testimony is based on facts or data from this type of source:

a. Perception
b. Information
c. Trial
d. Experts in the field


a. Perception

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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

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An economist stated that the legalization of abortion by the U. S. Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade in 1973 by itself caused as much as half of the decline in crime rates between 1991 and 1997

a. True b. False

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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