142 N.C. App. 435 - State v. Miller’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
39
cited by 39 later decisions
1
states following
March 2019
most recently cited
37 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · State v. Braswell · Bose Corp. v. Consumers Union of United States, Inc. · State v. Hennis · State v. Vause
Most-quoted passages
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“[Malice] “does not necessarily mean an actual intent to take human life; it may be inferential or implied, instead of positive, as when an act which imports danger to another is done so recklessly or wantonly as to manifest depravity of mind and disregard of human life.” In such a situation “the law regards the circumstances of the act as so harmful that the law punishes the act as though malice did in fact exist.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage“the State need only show ' that defendant had the intent to perform the act of driving in such a reckless manner as reflects knowledge that injury or death would likely result, thus evidencing depravity of mind.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“evidence of prior traffic convictions was offered for the permissible purpose of establishing the defendant's `totally depraved mind' and `recklessness of the consequences. . . .'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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