Wood v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1934
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
February 1946
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Wynn v. Commonwealth · Sowders v. Coleman · Breckinridge v. Commonwealth · Blankenship v. Commonwealth · Garrison v. Commonwealth
Most-quoted passages
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““If, however, it was employed to correctly describe one guilty.of the conduct attributed to defendant by the prosecuting witness and others who testified in the case, it was not inappropriate for that purpose, and, being so, it could scarcely be characterized as prejudicial; though we would not be understood as approving the application of such terms by the commonwealth’s attorneys to a defendant on trial.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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