The Rules of Evidence do not ordinarily permit a witness to testify as to an opinion or conclusion. However, a witness who is qualified as an expert in a subject may be permitted to state an opinion as to that subject. After considering the reasons stated for an opinion, you should give it such weight as it deserves. You may reject an opinion entirely if you conclude that it is unsound.
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This instruction should be given at the time the expert first testifies.
There is included in these uniform jury instructions an instruction on a hypothetical question which is found as UJI 13-209 NMRA.
[As amended, effective January 1, 1987; March 1, 2005.]
You are being directed to the most recent version of the statute which may not be the version considered at the time of the judgment.