643 So. 2d 524 - Sample v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1994
Citation profile
39 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 39 later decisions — most recently July 2019 · most notably 737 So. 2d 322 - Puckett v. State (1999), 740 So. 2d 873 - Walker v. State (1999)
39 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on 508 So. 2d 1111 - Foster v. State · 506 So. 2d 254 - Boches v. State · 604 So. 2d 271 - Wells v. State · 580 So. 2d 1182 - King v. State · 605 So. 2d 240 - Seal v. Miller
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 39 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“If the witness is not testifying as an expert, his testimony in the form of opinions or inferences is limited to those opinions or inferences which are (a) rationally based on the perception of the witness and (b) helpful to the clear understanding of his testimony or the determination of a fact in issue.”
10 later decisions quote this exact passage“[t]hat is, where, in order to express the opinion, the witness must possess some experience or expertise beyond that of the average, randomly selected adult, it is a Rule 702 opinion and not a Rule 701 opinion.”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage“It is important that we not blur the distinction between Rules 701 and 702, not so much for admissibility, as for notice and opportunity to prepare rebuttal. Expert testimony and opinions are subject to special discovery rules in both the civil and criminal arenas. Miss. R. Civ. P. 26(b)(4); Unif. R. Cir. Ct. 4.06(a)(4)... . . Corr was allowed to express his opinions concerning the value, normal street usage and customary packaging of marijuana based upon his training and experience as a narcotics officer. He was, therefore, a Rule 702 expert. Wells v. State, 604 So.2d at 279....”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.