Phillips v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2006
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
states following
November 2013
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Jackson v. Virginia · Malcolm v. State · Robinson v. State · Smith v. Francis
Most-quoted passages
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“the testimony of the final attending physician, or that of the person who conducted the autopsy, is not a legal necessity for a conviction. See Curtis v. State, 224 Ga. 870 (1) ( 165 SE2d 150 ) (1968) (even without an autopsy, testimony of a physician as to the life-threatening nature of visible wounds was sufficient evidence to establish the cause of death and to support a guilty verdict). The evidence authorized the jury to find that McKeen died as a result of blows inflicted by Phillips, and to find Phillips guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of the crimes of which he was convicted. Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U. S. 307 (99 SC 2781, 61 LE2d 560) (1979).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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