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A doctor is charged with the murder of his wife. The prosecution alleges that he murdered his wife by giving her a massive injection of succinylcholine while she was asleep. Succinylcholine is a drug used in small quantities by anesthesiologists as a muscle relaxant. The prosecution claims that the fatal dose given to the wife so totally relaxed her lung muscles that she suffocated. During the trial, a toxicologist, who had no previous knowledge of the case, sat in court and heard all of the evidence about the wife's death and autopsy. As part of the doctor's defense, his attorney calls the toxicologist to give his opinion on the cause of the wife's death. May the toxicologist so testify?

category

law

options

  1. No, because he did not directly examine the wife's body.
  2. No, because the cause of death is an issue to be decided by the jury.
  3. Yes, because an expert may base his opinion on facts made known to him at the trial.
  4. Yes, because he has relevant experience in the field of toxicology.
  5. No, because he has no personal knowledge of the wife's death.
  6. Yes, because he can provide an unbiased perspective.
  7. No, because he did not conduct the autopsy himself.
  8. No, because his testimony might bias the jury.
  9. Yes, because he can identify the data upon which his opinion is based.
  10. Yes, because his professional expertise allows him to form a valid opinion.

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ori_mmlu-professional_law

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upstream_id / Original problem ID
1260
task_id
84dcaae5-f772-5742-b6da-b437b5f35c78
task_key
default--test--1260
task_revision_id
1
config / split
default / test

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