Patterson v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1965
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
May 1992
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Morgan v. Town of Heidelberg · Gause v. State · McLeod v. State · Duckworth v. Town of Taylorsville · Sullivan v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“[T]he proof is sufficient to show that this defendant was traveling and was not a tramp, but had set out on a journey which did take him beyond the scope of his friends, and that his journey was a legitimate one in which he had a vital interest, related solely to his business, and he was not violating any statutes relating to the carrying of a concealed weapon.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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