140 Tex. Crim. 664 - Smart v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1940
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
May 1982
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Most-quoted passages
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““If you believe from the evidence, or have a reasonable doubt thereof, that the death of Sandra Marian Rudolph, if any, was caused by some natural bodily ailment or disease, you will find the defendant not guilty. “Unless you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that the death of Sandra Marian Rudolph, if any, was' caused by having been choked and beaten with the hands of Defendant, Ralph Combs Hill, you will say by your verdict not guilty; or if you have a reasonable doubt thereof, you will find the Defendant not guilty.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Hill v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
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