685 So. 2d 237 - State v. Joseph’s Empirical Analysis

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16 state decisions

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

1. “A continuous chain of custody is not essential to enable the State to introduce physical evidence as long as the evidence as a whole establishes that it is more probable than not that the object introduced was the same as the object originally seized.... Once a proper foundation has been laid with regard to a piece of evidence, a lack of positive identification or a defect in the chain of custody goes to the weight of the evidence rather than to admissibility.... Ultimately, a chain of custody or connexity of the physical evidence is a factual matter for determination by the jury. [Citations omitted.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 871 So. 2d 536 - State v. Addison

2. “Except as provided in Article 412 [concerning evidence in sexual assault cases], evidence of other crimes, wrongs, or acts is not admissible to prove the character of a person in order to show that he acted in conformity therewith.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 723 So. 2d 1021 - State v. Martin

3. “[i]f the defense is allowed ample opportunity to cross-examine the witness, there is usually ample opportunity to remedy any suggestiveness in the identification.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. State v. Lewis