State v. Bancroft’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “[D]efense counsel asked the witness if the defendant "had the specific intent to kill or to inflict great bodily harm on anybody," not if the defendant was capable of forming the specific intent. Because of the way the question was posed, the witness was asked to draw a legal conclusion on an ultimate issue.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 980 So. 2d 730 - State v. Ware

2. “[i]f scientific, technical, or other specialized knowledge will assist the trier of fact to understand the evidence or to determine a fact in issue, a witness qualified as an expert by knowledge, skill, experience, training, or education, may testify thereto in the form of an opinion or otherwise.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 980 So. 2d 730 - State v. Ware

3. “Testimony in the form of an opinion or inference otherwise admissible is not to be excluded solely because it embraces an ultimate issue to be decided by the trier of fact. However, in a criminal case, an expert witness shall not express an opinion as to the guilt or innocence of the accused.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 980 So. 2d 730 - State v. Ware