Massey v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1969
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
3
states following
July 1980
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Robinson · 36 Del. Ch. 416 - Wright v. Husbands
Most-quoted passages
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“[T]he policy of the law in this area is to forgive, not to forget.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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