Knight v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1958
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
February 1967
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on McClure v. State · Kennedy v. State · Mankey v. State · Bright v. State
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“You were told that under the law of the State of Arkansas, the defendant, E. A. Lauderdale, cannot be convicted upon the testimony of the accomplices, J. D. Sims, Jessie Perry, and Samuel Graydon Beavers, unless you find that the testimony of said accomplices is corroborated by other evidence tending to connect Ed Lauderdale with the commission of the offense; and the corroboration is not sufficient if it merely shows that the offense was committed, and the circumstances thereof. In other words, the rule is that the evidence, independent of that of the accomplice, must tend to connect the defendant with the commission of the crime.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Lauderdale v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
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