State v. Harris’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
May 1980
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on In the Matter of Samuel Winship · Mullaney v. Wilbur · Hankerson v. North Carolina · State v. Hankerson · State v. Propst
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“If the State proves beyond a reasonable doubt, or it is admitted that this defendant intentionally killed Lucille Surles with a deadly weapon, or intentionally inflicted a wound upon Lucille Surles with a deadly weapon which proximately caused her death, you may infer first that the killing was unlawful; and second, that it was done with malice, but you are not compelled to do so. You may consider the inferences along with all other facts and circumstances in determining whether the killing was unlawful and whether it was done with malice. If you infer that the killing was unlawful and was done with malice, the defendant would be guilty of second degree murder. (Emphasis added.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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