Bissell v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 351 So. 2d 1022 - Devin v. City of Hollywood · 460 So. 2d 879 - Town of Palm Beach v. Palm Beach County · 238 So. 2d 431 - Wackenhut Corporation v. Greene · 426 So. 2d 1063 - PALM BEACH CTY. v. Town of Palm Beach
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“While witnesses may be permitted, in a proper case, to give an opinion on an ultimate fact involved in the case, there is a strong consensus among the jurisdictions, amounting to a general rule, that witnesses may not give an opinion on a question of domestic law or on matters which involve questions of law.... The testimony of expert witnesses is, in general, confined to matters of fact, as distinguished from matters of law.... Basically expert or nonex-pert opinion that amounts to a conclusion of law cannot be properly received in evidence since the determination of such questions is exclusively within the province of the court.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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