Spradlin v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
July 1989
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Jackson v. State · 143 Ga. App. 734 - Jackson v. State · 151 Ga. App. 36 - Ward v. State · 147 Ga. App. 701 - Allen v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“[W]here the testimony of the defendant with regard to his intent, or where the surrounding circumstances were sufficient to authorize a jury to find a lack of intent to kill, the court should charge on the lesser offense of involuntary manslaughter the other requisites of [OCGA § 16-5-3] (a) ... being present.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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