St. Clair v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
2005
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
states following
April 2017
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Furman v. Georgia · United States v. Nixon · Jones v. United States · Bouie v. City of Columbia · Jurek v. Texas
Most-quoted passages
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“(a) Spousal testimony. The spouse of a party has a privilege to refuse to testify against the party as to events occurring after the date of their marriage. A party has a privilege to prevent his or her spouse from testifying against the party as to events occurring after the date of their marriage. [[Image here]] (c) Exceptions. There is no privilege under this rule: (1) In any criminal proceeding in which the court determines that the spouses conspired or acted jointly in the commission of the crime charged; (2) In any proceeding in which one (1) spouse is charged with wrongful conduct against the person or property of: (A) The other; (B) A minor child of either; (C) An individual residing in the household of either; or (D) A third person if the wrongful conduct is committed in the course of wrongful conduct against any of the individuals previously named in this sentence; or (3) In any proceeding in which the spouses are adverse parties. (d) Minor Child. The court may refuse to allow the privilege in any proceeding if the interests of a minor child of either spouse may be adversely affected.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[u]pon remand, the trial court should instruct the jury in accordance with the statutory language, i.e., `the murder was committed by a person with a prior record of conviction of a capital offense. '”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent“the offense of murder was committed by a person who has a substantial history of serious assaultive criminal convictions[,]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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