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The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title VII
EVIDENCE
Chapter 90
EVIDENCE CODE
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F.S. 90.703
90.703 Opinion on ultimate issue.Testimony in the form of an opinion or inference otherwise admissible is not objectionable because it includes an ultimate issue to be decided by the trier of fact.
History.s. 1, ch. 76-237; s. 1, ch. 77-77; s. 22, ch. 78-361; s. 1, ch. 78-379.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 90.703
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Cases Citing Statute 90.703

Total Results: 20

ALVIN MILLER v. STATE OF FLORIDA

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2019-11-26T23:53:00-08:00

Snippet: and was inadmissible under sections 90.7021 and 90.703, Florida Statutes (2015), that possible contamination

Monica A. Gutierrez, etc. v. Jose Luis Vargas, M.D., etc.

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2018-03-22T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 239 So. 3d 615

Snippet: where such an opinion is helpful to the jury. § 90.703, Fla. Stat. (2017) (expert witness may give opinion

Mootry v. Bethune-Cookman University, Inc.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2016-01-08T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 186 So. 3d 15, 40 I.E.R. Cas. (BNA) 1760, 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 312, 2016 WL 81680

Snippet: v. State, 36 So.3d 613, 628 (Fla.2010). Section 90.703,. Florida Statutes (2013), provides: “Testimony…ultimate issue to be decided by the trier -of fact.” § 90.703, Fla. Stat. “However, this rule does not render

Sutton v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2012-08-10T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 96 So. 3d 983, 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 13334, 2012 WL 3237672

Snippet: .2d 601, 602 (Fla. 2d DCA 1990) (quoting section 90.703, Florida Statutes (1989), which is identical to

Stokes v. Schindler Elevator Corp./Broadspire

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2011-05-09T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 60 So. 3d 1110, 2011 Fla. App. LEXIS 6601, 2011 WL 1744156

Snippet: witness may testify in form of opinion); see also § 90.703, Fla. Stat. (providing expert testimony in form

Estate of Murray Ex Rel. Murray v. Delta Health Group, Inc.

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2010-02-19T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 30 So. 3d 576, 2010 Fla. App. LEXIS 1802, 2010 WL 565657

Snippet: these questions. In addition, Guy relied on section 90.703, Florida Statutes (1981), which provided that &…which the supreme court held that "section 90.703 does not imply the admissibility of all opinions…inadmissible." The supreme court held that section 90.703 was not intended to be so broad as to permit an

Orhs v. Florida Birth-Related Neurological

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2008-10-31T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 997 So. 2d 426

Snippet: evidence or in determining a fact in issue. §§ 90.702, 90.703, Fla. Stat. (2007). This type of testimony is allowed

Bartlett v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2008-10-29T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 993 So. 2d 157

Snippet: issue to be decided by the trier of fact." § 90.703, Fla. Stat. (2006). In asserting that the trial

Dinkens v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2008-03-13T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 976 So. 2d 660

Snippet: expert witness may render such opinion. Section 90.703, Florida Statutes (2006), provides that "testimony

Clark v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2007-12-04T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 969 So. 2d 573

Snippet: reaches a conclusion on an ultimate issue. See § 90.703, Fla. Stat. (2003) ("Testimony in the form

Marsh v. Valyou

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2007-11-20T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 977 So. 2d 543

Snippet: the admission of evidence. Sections 90.702 and 90.703 deal specifically with expert testimony: *557 …only if it can be applied to evidence at trial. 90.703 Opinion on ultimate issue. — Testimony in the form

Wakulla Commercial Fishermen's Ass'n v. Fish

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2007-02-02T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 951 So. 2d 8, 2007 Fla. App. LEXIS 1947, 2007 WL 431256

Snippet: affirmed only by disregarding the mandate of section 90.703, Florida Statutes (2005), which provides: Opinion

FINR v. Marshall

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2006-12-08T00:00:00-08:00

Citation: 943 So. 2d 976

Snippet: Martinez court explained that although section 90.703, Florida Statutes (1997)—which provides that opinion

Linn v. Fossum

Court: Fla. | Date Filed: 2006-11-01T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 946 So. 2d 1032

Snippet: issue to be decided by the trier of fact." § 90.703, Fla. Stat. (2005). In other words, the evidence

State v. Santiago

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2006-05-05T00:00:00-07:00

Citation: 928 So. 2d 480, 2006 Fla. App. LEXIS 6812, 2006 WL 1222655

Snippet: the lay opinion was admissible. See §§ 90.701; 90.703, Fla. Stat. (2005). The witness in question was

Falco v. Copeland

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2006-01-25T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 919 So. 2d 650

Snippet: this expert the court acknowledged that section 90.703, Florida Statutes, permits an expert opinion to…expert's testimony was permissible under section 90.703, and should not have been rejected by the court

Chesnoff v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2003-03-20T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 840 So. 2d 423

Snippet: opinion on the ultimate issue in a case. Section 90.703, Florida Statutes (2001), provides: Testimony in…conclusion as to the severity of D.C.'s injuries. § 90.703, Fla. Stat. (2001). See e.g., Bush v. State, 809

Reynolds v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2002-12-25T23:53:00-08:00

Citation: 837 So. 2d 1044

Snippet: opinion on the ultimate issue in a case. Section 90.703, Florida Statutes (1999) states: *1047 Testimony

Ivory v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2002-07-31T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 821 So. 2d 1258

Snippet: were both prejudicial error. We disagree. Section 90.703, Florida Statutes (2001), provides that "[

Mese v. State

Court: Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Date Filed: 2002-06-19T00:53:00-07:00

Citation: 824 So. 2d 908

Snippet: to be decided by the trier of fact, see section 90.703, Florida Statutes (2000), McFarland went far beyond