428 So. 2d 162 - Sims v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
September 1990
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on United States v. Smith · 405 So. 2d 41 - Miller v. State · 346 So. 2d 1177 - Sexton v. State · Bracewell v. State · 403 So. 2d 275 - Graham v. State
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“To warrant the reception of evidence against an objection that an unbroken chain of custody has not been shown, it is not necessary that it be proved to an absolute certainty, but only to a reasonable probability, that the object is the same as, and not substantially different from, the object as it existed at the commencement of the chain.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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