144 Tex. Crim. 485 - Edwards v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1942
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
1
states following
October 1987
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Most-quoted passages
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“`... if you believe from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that on or about the 6th day of November, 1980 ... Vernon Ray Gilmore either acting alone or with another as a party to the offense ... did then and there knowingly cause the death of ... Richard Grier Luster ... you will find the defendant guilty of the offense of murder.... [emphasis added]'”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Johnson v. State
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