State ex rel. Brinkley v. Wright’s Empirical Analysis
1951
Citation profile
14
cited by 14 later decisions
2
states following
December 1986
most recently cited
14 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 19 Ala. App. 367 - Sanders v. State · 4 Smith & H. 648 - Landers v. State · In re Collins · Hensley v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“* * * th.e reasonable construction to be given this code section, read as a whole, or of the clause in question, read separately, is that where a defendant' pleads guilty to an indictment charging murder the jury by its verdict must determine the degree of unlawful homicide of which he is guilty, and that the natural meaning of each word of the clause in question and the punctuation, or lack thereof, likewise require such construction. 193 Tenn. at 29 , 241 S.W.2d at 860 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The jury before whom the offender is tried, shall ascertain in their verdict whether it is murder in the first or second degree; and if the accused confess his guilt, the court shall proceed to determine the degree of crime by the verdict of a jury, upon the examination of testimony, and give sentence accordingly.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Keith v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
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