Tompkins v. Nash’s Empirical Analysis
326 F.2d 466 · 1964
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
September 1980
most recently cited
1 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on State v. Tompkins · State v. Miner · State v. Birkner
Most-quoted passages
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“[F]or the Missouri courts to attribute to the verdict the legal significance of constituting a finding that petitioner was guilty of the offense of forcible rape-with which he was charged, upon which the evidence was focused, and in relation to which the jury had been instructed-cannot be claimed to be a violation of due process.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Lee v. Wyrick
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