264 So. 2d 71 - Mills v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1972
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
January 1988
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Folks v. State · Copeland v. State · Bennett v. State · Richardson v. State · Sealey v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“It is not necessary that the evidence ... should consist of express utterances of the deceased to the effect that he knew he was going to die, or could not live, or would never recover. It may be gathered from any circumstance or from all the circumstances of the case, and is sufficient if the evidence ... satisfies the judge that the deceased knew and appreciated his condition as being that of an approach to certain and immediate death.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Teffeteller v. State
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