Fairley v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1955
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
November 1976
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Outlaw v. State · Pearson v. State · Davis v. State · Lewis v. State · Anderson v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“"The appellant first assigns as error and argues that the court erred in admitting over objection the testimony of Dr. Smith as to what the mother had told him. We are of the opinion that this assignment is well taken. Under Section 1689 of the Mississippi Code of 1942, a wife is an incompetent witness against her husband. If she could not testify over the objection of her husband as to the report of the rape made to her by the prosecutrix, then it was error to permit the doctor to do so, as this would be proving indirectly what could not be proved directly." 225 Miss. at 374 , 83 So.2d at 279 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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