Ramirez v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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2 district · 24 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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “general scientific recognition requires the testimony of impartial experts or scientists. It is this independent and impartial proof of general scientific acceptability that provides the necessary Frye foundation.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Bevil v. State · 880 So. 2d 1234 - Roeling v. State

2. “the burden is on the proponent of the evidence to prove [by the greater weight of the evidence] the general acceptance of both the underlying scientific principle and the testing procedures used to apply that principle to the facts of the case at hand.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Bevil v. State · Brewington v. State

3. “[a] bald assertion by the expert that his deduction is premised upon well-recognized scientific principles,”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Bevil v. State · 880 So. 2d 1234 - Roeling v. State