State v. McDonnell’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
14
cited by 14 later decisions
1
states following
August 2018
most recently cited
14 state decisions
Most-quoted passages
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“"(7) [t]hat evidence is to be estimated, not only by its own intrinsic weight, but also according to the evidence which it is in the power of one side to produce and of the other to contradict; and, therefore, (8) [t]hat if weaker and less satisfactory evidence is offered when it appears that stronger and more satisfactory [evidence] was within the power of the party, the evidence offered should be viewed with distrust."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“"LESS SATISFACTORY EVIDENCE (State's Burden of Proof). When you evaluate the evidence, you may consider the power of the state to gather and produce evidence. If the evidence offered by the state was weaker and less satisfactory than other stronger or more satisfactory evidence which the state could have offered, then you should view the weaker and less satisfactory evidence with distrust."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“other evidence was reasonably available on a fact in issue and that there is a basis for the jury to conclude that the other evidence is stronger and more satisfactory than the evidence offered.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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