882 So. 2d 1082 - Williams v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 575 So. 2d 181 - Jackson v. State · 766 So. 2d 1010 - Murphy v. International Robotic Systems, Inc. · 831 So. 2d 93 - Westerheide v. State · 881 So. 2d 1079 - State v. Harris · 854 So. 2d 709 - Lee v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“In civil cases, attorneys are afforded great latitude in presenting closing arguments, as long as their comments are confined to arguing the application of law to the evidence presented in the case, as well as logical deductions therefrom. [citations omitted]. In this case, counsel’s argument constituted fair comment on the record evidence which, as it stood, lacked any defense rebuttal of the testimony of the State’s expert as to defendant’s propensity to commit new sexually violent offenses.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Gianos v. Baum
How this case has been treated — in progress
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