Hitton v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. ““A defense raised by the Defendant in this case is what is known as an alibi, that is, that if the offense was committed, as alleged, the Defendant was, at the time of the commission thereof, at another and different place from that at which such offense was committed and, therefore, was not and could not have been the person who committed the same. Now if you have a reasonable doubt as to the presence of the Defendant at the place where the offense was committed, if an offense was committed, at the time of the commission thereof, then you will find the Defendant not guilty.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Tavarez v. State