The Florida Senate

SB 1448: Expert Witnesses [LPCC]

GENERAL BILL by Wise

Expert Witnesses [LPCC]; Revises requirements for admission of expert testimony. Provides that facts or data that are otherwise inadmissible shall not be disclosed to a jury unless the court determines that the probative value of the facts or data in assisting the jury to evaluate the expert's opinion substantially outweighs the prejudicial effect of disclosing the facts or data, etc.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  1/30/2008	Senate	• Filed
  2/21/2008	Senate	• Referred to Judiciary; Criminal Justice
  3/4/2008	Senate	• Introduced, referred to Judiciary; Criminal Justice -SJ 00089
  5/2/2008	Senate	• Died in Committee on Judiciary

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• SB 1448, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 1/30/2008 at 8:56 AM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	None

  Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location
  H 645	Expert Witnesses	Ross	Identical	Last Action: 5/2/2008 H Died in Committee on Courts (SS) Location:

  Citations - Statutes (4)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  90.702	Testimony by experts.
  90.704	Basis of opinion testimony by experts.
  90.705	Disclosure of facts or data underlying expert opinion.
  90.707

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