Ellis v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1914
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
September 1977
most recently cited
3 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The definition of "malice aforethought" in the last sentence of the second instruction is obviously wrong, since a homicide may be designed and intended, and at the same time entirely justifiable. It is always safer for the representative of the state to follow the beaten path and ask only for such instructions as have been approved by the courts. ( 108 Miss. at 67 , 66 So. at 324 ).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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