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relevance standard in Florida

10 Florida opinions name it 2 courts 1978–2019 0 in the last five years

The cases below were cited by Florida courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.

Followed or applied (7)

CaseFollowedCited
McKoy v. North Carolinagreen
scotus · 1990 · cited in 2 Florida opinions naming this issue, 2006–2017
2 sentences

2017Instead, the Court explained that there was no unique definition of relevancy applicable to capital sentencing: When we addressed directly the relevance standard applicable to mitigating evidence in capital cases in McKoy v. North Carolina, 494 U.S. 433, 440-441 , 110 S.Ct. 1227 , 108 L.Ed.2d 369 , (1990), we spoke in the most expansive terms.

2017Instead, the Court explained that there was no unique definition of relevancy applicable to capital sentencing: When we addressed directly the relevance standard applicable to mitigating evidence in capital cases in McKoy v. North Carolina, 494 U.S. 433, 440-441 , 110 S.Ct. 1227 , 108 L.Ed.2d 369 , (1990), we spoke in the most expansive terms.

12
Brown v. Stategreen
fladistctapp · 2013 · cited in 1 Florida opinions naming this issue, 2019–2019
2 sentences

2019See Brown v. State, 117 So. 3d 484, 486 (Fla. 2d DCA 2013) (holding that the State failed to prove the relevance requirement where "[a]bsolutely nothing about . . .

2019See Brown v. State, 117 So. 3d 484, 486 (Fla. 2d DCA 2013) (holding that the State failed to prove the relevance requirement where "[a]bsolutely nothing about . . .

11
Sellers v. Stategreen
fladistctapp · 2009 · cited in 1 Florida opinions naming this issue, 2013–2013
1 sentence

2013See Sellers v. State, 16 So.3d 225, 227 (Fla. 5th DCA 2009).

11
Kasischke v. Stategreen
fla · 2008 · cited in 1 Florida opinions naming this issue, 2013–2013
1 sentence

2013In Kasischke v. State, 991 So.2d 803, 815 (Fla.2008), the supreme court examined the statute 1 that prohibits sexual offenders on probation from possessing pornographic or obscene material and determined that “[a]n offender does not violate this condition unless the ‘obscene, pornographic, or sexually stimulating’ material at issue is relevant to the ‘deviant behavior pattern.’ ” Whether this relevance requirement can be met will depend upon an examination not only of the pornographic or obscene material but also of the underlying circumstances of the probationer’s offenses.

11
McLean v. Stategreen
fla · 2006 · cited in 1 Florida opinions naming this issue, 2009–2009
2 sentences

2009See McLean, 934 So.2d at 1259 .

2009See McLean, 934 So.2d at 1259 .

11
State v. Savinogreen
fla · 1990 · cited in 1 Florida opinions naming this issue, 2004–2004
2 sentences

2004See Savino, 567 So.2d at 894 (discussing that only after the relevance requirement is satisfied is prejudice or confusion determined).

2004Only after the relevance requirement is satisfied is prejudice or confusion determined." 567 So.2d at 894 .

11
Robinson v. Eaveygreen
fla · 1932 · cited in 1 Florida opinions naming this issue, 1983–1983
1 sentence

1983"The chief object in introducing evidence is to secure a rational ascertainment of facts; therefore, facts should not be submitted to the jury, unless they are logically relevant to the issues." Atlantic Coast Line Railway v. Campbell, 104 Fla. 274, 282-83 , 139 So. 886, 890 (1932).

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Distinguished, questioned or overruled (0)

CaseNegativeCited
No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Florida. Read the followed side critically anyway.

Also cited on this issue (10)

CaseCitedYears
Bruton v. United States green
scotus · 1968
2 sentences

2001Here, the trial court found the two statements relevant when it allowed Davis's two redacted statements to come before the jury. [18] Bruton v. United States, 391 U.S. 123 , 88 S.Ct. 1620 , 20 L.Ed.2d 476 (1968).

2001Here, the trial court found the two statements relevant when it allowed Davis's two redacted statements to come before the jury. [18] Bruton v. United States, 391 U.S. 123 , 88 S.Ct. 1620 , 20 L.Ed.2d 476 (1968).

12001–2001
Kruse v. State green
fladistctapp · 1986
1 sentence

1996The following year, the Fourth District, in Kruse v. State, 483 So.2d 1383 (Fla. 4th DCA 1986), cause dismissed, 507 So.2d 588 (Fla. 1987), citing with approval my concurring and dissenting opinion in Hawthorne, adopted the relevance standard in affirming the admissibility of expert opinion testimony pertaining to PTSD.

11996–1996
Lyons v. Metropolitan Dade County green
fla · 1987
1 sentence

1996The following year, the Fourth District, in Kruse v. State, 483 So.2d 1383 (Fla. 4th DCA 1986), cause dismissed, 507 So.2d 588 (Fla. 1987), citing with approval my concurring and dissenting opinion in Hawthorne, adopted the relevance standard in affirming the admissibility of expert opinion testimony pertaining to PTSD.

11996–1996
Ward v. State green
fladistctapp · 1988
1 sentence

1996Thus, it is clear from the above statement that Kruse approved the admission of the opinion testimony, which had compared the expert's observations of the victim's behavior with commonly observed patterns of other syndrome patients, by applying the relevance standard. [8] One year thereafter, this court decided Ward v. State , finding "no abuse of discretion in the trial court's ruling that child abuse syndrome is an area sufficiently developed to permit an expert to testify that the symptoms observed in the evaluated child are consistent with those displayed by victims of child abuse." Ward,

11996–1996
Calloway v. State green
fladistctapp · 1988
1 sentence

1996Two other cases from this court which followed Ward, Brown v. State, 523 So.2d 729 (Fla. 1st DCA 1988), and Calloway v. State, 520 So.2d 665 (Fla. 1st DCA), review denied, 529 So.2d 693 (Fla.1988), which Judge Miner cites as reaffirming "the admissibility of expert testimony similar to that involved in Ward," ante at 81, once again make no reference to Frye .

11996–1996
Hawthorne v. State green
fladistctapp · 1985
1 sentence

1996In Hawthorne v. State, 470 So.2d 770 (Fla. 1st DCA 1985), I wrote a concurring and dissenting opinion in which I urged adoption of the relevance standard for testing the validity of the battered spouse syndrome.

11996–1996
Brown v. State red
fladistctapp · 1988
1 sentence

1996Two other cases from this court which followed Ward, Brown v. State, 523 So.2d 729 (Fla. 1st DCA 1988), and Calloway v. State, 520 So.2d 665 (Fla. 1st DCA), review denied, 529 So.2d 693 (Fla.1988), which Judge Miner cites as reaffirming "the admissibility of expert testimony similar to that involved in Ward," ante at 81, once again make no reference to Frye .

11996–1996
Ramirez v. State green
fla · 1995
1 sentence

1996Any lingering uncertainty whether Townsend 's approval of expert opinion testimony involving common symptoms of typically abused children implied that the court had decided that such testimony need comply only with the relevance standard should be laid to rest by the supreme court's most recent pronouncement on the subject in Ramirez v. State, 651 So.2d 1164 (Fla.1995), wherein it once again reaffirmed its allegiance to Frye .

11996–1996
A. C. L. R. R. Co. v. Campbell green
fla · 1932
1 sentence

1983"The chief object in introducing evidence is to secure a rational ascertainment of facts; therefore, facts should not be submitted to the jury, unless they are logically relevant to the issues." Atlantic Coast Line Railway v. Campbell, 104 Fla. 274, 282-83 , 139 So. 886, 890 (1932).

11983–1983
Shargaa v. State green
fla · 1955
1 sentence

1978Witnesses § 632, at 352 (1948). [8] For this proposition the state refers us to Shargaa v. State, 84 So.2d 42 (Fla. 1955), where the relevance of a defense inquiry was never established.

11978–1978

Statutes the citing opinions construe

FL § 90.401 (3) FL § 90.403 (3) FL § 90.803 (3)

Counted by distinct opinions that both name this issue and are annotated to the section; sections every opinion cites regardless of issue are not filtered here, so read the counts against the total above.

Where else courts name it

TX 61 (1998–2025) CA 43 (1963–2026) GA 26 (1988–2025) IL 21 (1975–2024) WA 20 (1987–2026) PA 16 (2003–2025) NJ 15 (1973–2024) OR 13 (1981–2021) NC 11 (1989–2019) MA 11 (1980–2018) UT 11 (2002–2026) FL 10 (1978–2019) DC 10 (1996–2021) MO 9 (1921–2023) MD 9 (1979–2025) CT 9 (1994–2025) ID 8 (1977–2023) OH 8 (2005–2025) WI 6 (1977–2025) AZ 5 (2000–2015) IN 5 (1974–2007) CO 4 (1993–2025) IA 4 (2010–2017) MN 4 (1997–2008) DE 4 (1997–2007) MI 4 (2001–2026) NE 4 (1992–2019) VA 4 (1994–2025) KS 4 (2009–2026) MS 4 (2001–2024) AL 3 (1991–1999) KY 3 (2016–2025) AK 3 (1981–2020) VT 3 (1988–2003) TN 3 (1988–2019) NH 2 (1995–2016) NY 2 (1985–2018) LA 2 (1988–2001) WY 2 (1999–2017) HI 2 (2000–2020)

Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.

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