State v. Clark’s Empirical Analysis

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6 state decisions

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1. “"The object of this limitation of place is to restrict evidence of repute, to reputation among the people who know the person best. However, a literal interpretation of the rule is no longer appropriate in this country today, where a person may be little known in the suburb or city neighborhood where he lives, but well known in another locality where he spends his work days or in several localities where he does business from time to time. Thus, today it is generally agreed that proof may be made not only of the reputation of the person where he lives, but also of his repute, as long as it is `general' and established, in any substantial community of people among whom he is well known, such as the group with whom he works, does business or goes to school. McCormick, supra, §§ 44, 191; 5 Wigmore, Evidence, § 1616 at 591 (Chadbourne Rev.1974) ... Our statutory formulation, which limits general reputation evidence to `that a man has among his neighbors' is somewhat more expansible than the traditional rule. We think the legislative aim was to restrict evidence of repute to reputation among those who know the person well, and that it should be interpreted in accordance with the above stated general agreed upon modern American view."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 504 So. 2d 124 - State v. Burns