434 So. 2d 740 - Armstead v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis

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7 state decisions

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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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[H]is opinion on this important aspect was not based upon facts within his own knowledge or upon a hypothetical question, but was based partly upon the opinion of another and used for a hearsay purpose. That is, the witness himself would have to have believed it to be true in order to reach his opinion based upon it.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 575 So. 2d 108 - Wesley v. State

2. “[W]hen a witness is duly qualified as an expert, . . . then he may base his opinion upon either facts of which he has firsthand knowledge or facts, in evidence, which are assumed in a hypothetical question asked of him. His opinion must be based upon facts and not upon opinions or conclusions of others.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 575 So. 2d 108 - Wesley v. State