Courson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. ““A careful study of the record has convinced a majority of the Supreme Court that, in view of the jury’s acquittal of Higginbotham, the guard, whose guilt was as much, if not more demonstrated by the evidence upon which the prosecution relied for conviction, than is that of Courson, 'the captain, who was found guilty, the ends of justice will be best subserved by awarding Courson a new trial, where his case can be considered by another jury in the light of the charge made in the indictment as it will stand against Courson alone upon remand of the cause for further proceedings to be had in the criminal court of record on a charge of manslaughter.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Parker v. State