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948 So. 2d 655·
Fla.·
2006-10-26
·cited 131×
Theodore Rodgers was convicted of first-degree murder for shooting his wife Teresa Henderson and sentenced to death. The Florida Supreme Court affirmed the conviction and sentence, rejecting challenges to jury selection, hearsay evidence, mental retardation findings, and the cons
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307 F.2d 637·
D.C. Cir.·
1962-04-12
·cited 105×
Psychologists can qualify as experts on mental disease or defect under the established standards.
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939 F.2d 1106·
5th Cir.·
1991-08-15
·cited 48×
The court's majority opinion, by reinterpreting Federal Rules of Evidence 702 and 703, effectively shifts the determination of scientific methodology disputes from juries to district judges, thereby terminating cases before trial if the methodology lacks general acceptance.
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362 F.2d 660·
3d Cir.·
1966-06-24
·cited 38×
The court held that an expert witness's knowledge of property value, even if acquired retrospectively through research of past sales, goes to the weight of the evidence, not the witness's competency, under federal rules.
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836 F.2d 453·
9th Cir.·
1988-01-06
·cited 27×
The court held that the district court did not err in admitting computer printouts as business records, allowing testimony about carpet removal, or denying motions for severance and mistrial, and that the defendant was not denied effective assistance of counsel.
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187 F.2d 886·
7th Cir.·
1951-03-06
·cited 26×
The court held that the exclusion of evidence regarding the defendant's intent and the cumulative effect of erroneous jury instructions and evidentiary rulings prejudiced the defendant's substantial rights, requiring reversal.
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403 F.2d 977·
6th Cir.·
1968-11-20
·cited 20×
Photographs purporting to depict an armed robbery are admissible if identified by a witness as an accurate representation of the scene, even without technical expertise on photographic processes.
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940 So. 2d 466·
Fla. 1st DCA·
2006-09-13
·cited 19×
The Doctors Company appealed a breach of contract judgment where a Florida court awarded the Department of Financial Services $17.9 million in damages on behalf of the receiver of Caduceus Self-Insurance Fund. The appellate court affirmed, holding that the trial court properly ex
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430 F.2d 1262·
10th Cir.·
1970-09-08
·cited 10×
The court held that the information was sufficient, severance and mistrial motions were properly denied, and the chemist's testimony was admissible.
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826 So. 2d 351·
Fla. 2d DCA·
2002-05-08
·cited 8×
Joseph Green appeals his civil commitment as a sexually violent predator under Florida law, challenging the admission of actuarial instruments used to predict future sexual dangerousness. The court affirmed the commitment, finding that even if the actuarial evidence was inadmissi
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305 F.2d 333·
2d Cir.·
1962-06-20
·cited 8×
The court held that the trial court erred by sua sponte admitting previously excluded evidence during the defendant's summation, prejudicing the defendant and requiring a new trial.
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248 F.2d 481·
6th Cir.·
1957-10-18
·cited 8×
The court held that checks made payable to cash, even without direct endorsement, are admissible as evidence when corroborated by other business records and testimony, and that schedules prepared by an IRS agent from admissible exhibits are also properly received.
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787 F.2d 449·
8th Cir.·
1986-04-02
·cited 6×
The court held that the district court did not abuse its discretion in admitting the results of a blood alcohol test, as any break in the chain of custody went to the weight of the evidence, not its admissibility.
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12 So. 3d 255·
Fla. 1st DCA·
2009-05-11
·cited 4×
Leo Dorbad appeals his second-degree murder conviction for shooting and killing a boarder. The appellate court affirmed the sufficiency of the evidence but reversed on two evidentiary issues: the erroneous exclusion of expert testimony regarding the defendant's calm demeanor as c
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208 So. 3d 158·
Fla. 5th DCA·
2016-10-14
·cited 3×
Kelly Mathis, an attorney who advised Allied Veterans on operating internet cafes, was convicted of RICO and gambling-related offenses. The Fifth District Court of Appeal reversed, holding that the trial court abused its discretion by excluding evidence of Mathis's legal research
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495 F.2d 1247·
5th Cir.·
1974-06-14
·cited 2×
The court held that the trial judge abused his discretion by excluding expert testimony based on a lack of practical design experience, which should have gone to the weight of the testimony, not its admissibility.
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151 So. 3d 445·
Fla. 2d DCA·
2013-09-04
·cited 1×
The Coddingtons appealed a judgment entered against them in a negligence action arising from an automobile accident. The trial court excluded expert testimony regarding vehicle speed and the direction of the driver's body movement based on computer simulation analysis. The appell
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Fla. 3d DCA·
2026-03-31
A trial court abuses its discretion when it excludes expert testimony based solely on an affidavit and oral argument without a sufficient analysis of the Daubert factors under Florida Statute section 90.702, and when it substitutes its judgment for that of the jury by weighing ev
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Fla. 4th DCA·
2023-10-11
The appellate court affirmed the trial court's decision to deny a motion to suppress breath test results in a DUI case. The court found that law enforcement officers substantially complied with the administrative rule requiring a twenty-minute observation period before administer
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M.D. Fla.·
2023-03-08
The court held that the state court's adjudication of the petitioner's claims was not contrary to or an unreasonable application of federal law, nor based on an unreasonable determination of the facts.
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S.D. Fla.·
2022-12-07
The court held that defendants' arguments for striking the expert witness's testimony were insufficient to justify exclusion, as they pertained to the weight of the evidence rather than admissibility.
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S.D. Fla.·
2021-04-21
The court held that arguments challenging an expert's reliance on disputed facts or the weight of their opinions go to admissibility, not admissibility under Daubert.
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M.D. Fla.·
2019-12-23
The court held that a non-retained medical examiner's opinions based on autopsy findings and offered in a timely disclosed report do not require a separate expert report under Rule 26(a)(2)(B), and that challenges to the reliability or chain of custody of toxicology reports and t
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Del. C.P.·
2018-01-19
The court denied the defendant's motion to suppress the intoxilyzer test results. The court found that while the investigating officer violated a Delaware State Police (DSP) standard operating procedure by failing to ask the defendant to remove his dentures, this violation did no
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224 So. 3d 763·
Fla. 4th DCA·
2017-07-12
The court held that a birth certificate, combined with the jury's observation of the appellant and other circumstantial evidence, was sufficient to prove the appellant's age, and that the late disclosure of the birth certificate did not cause procedural prejudice.
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Del.·
2010-05-11
The Superior Court properly excluded the plaintiff's expert testimony on causation because it lacked a sufficient factual foundation, rendering the plaintiff unable to establish a prima facie case of negligence. Therefore, the judgment of dismissal is affirmed.
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336 So. 2d 1251·
Fla. 1st DCA·
1976-09-20
Jones appealed a jury verdict for defendants in a motor vehicle accident case, challenging the admissibility of expert testimony regarding whether the plaintiff's headlights and bulbs were illuminated at the time of the collision. The court affirmed, holding that expert testimony