McArthur v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
21
cited by 21 later decisions
1
states following
June 2019
most recently cited
21 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Harris v. State · Gardner v. State · Sumlin v. State · Terry v. State · Shaw v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“[A] motion for a directed verdict at the close of the plaintiff’s case has as its purpose a procedure for determining whether the plaintiff has met the burden of establishing a prima facie case, with that question to be resolved by the court as a matter of law. In the event the motion is overruled, the defendant may elect to stand on the motion or to go forward with the production of additional evidence, in which case he has waived any further reliance upon the former motion.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Cummings v. State
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