753 So. 2d 703 - Smith v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
April 2006
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Nebraska v. Wyoming · Nebraska v. Wyoming · Walls v. State · Hy-Line Enterprises, Inc. v. Aldridge · 701 So. 2d 1155 - Department of Health & Rehabilitative Services v. M.B.
Most-quoted passages
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“Proof by a `preponderance' of the evidence means proof which leads the factfinder to find that the existence of a contested fact is more probable than its nonexistence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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