Washington v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. “'C. Gamble, McElroy's Alabama Evidence (3d ed. 1977), § 45.04 (citations omitted . . .). " '. . .' "Time and distance, therefore, are not the sole criteria that determine whether testimony is admissible. This principle is clearly stated as follows: '[W]hether time and distance render evidence of speed prior to the occurrence of an accident too remote depends upon the circumstances, the competency of such evidence being determinable by "causal connection”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 515 So. 2d 140 - Powell v. State

2. “Admission of evidence as to the speed or manner of operation of an automobile prior to the time of an accident is a matter for the trial court's discretion. . . . The job for the trial court is to look at the speed or conduct prior to the accident and to determine if there is a high probability that it continued up until the accident.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 518 So. 2d 853 - Klingel v. State

3. “He failed to stop at several stop signs, and, as testified to by other witnesses, he nearly ran them off the road. . . .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 518 So. 2d 853 - Klingel v. State