Section 19-15-5.1 - (Rule 705(a)) Expert opinion admissible without hypothetical question--Cross-examination.
19-15-5.1. (Rule 705(a)) Expert opinion admissible without hypothetical question--Cross-examination. An expert witness may be asked to state his opinions or inferences, whether these opinions or inferences are based on the witness' personal observation, or on evidence introduced at the trial and seen or heard by the witness, or on his technical knowledge of the subject, without first specifying hypothetically in the question the data on which these opinions or inferences are based. An expert witness may be required, on direct or cross-examination, to specify the data on which his opinions or inferences are based.
Source: Supreme Court Rule adopted September 12, 1942; SDC Supp 1960, § 36.0117; SDCL, §§ 19-6-12, 19-6-13; Supreme Court Rule 78-2, Rule 704; SL 1993, ch 400 (Supreme Court Rule 93-17).