Hammer v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1959
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
1
states following
May 2005
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Hedger v. Commonwealth · Brown v. Commonwealth · Bates v. Commonwealth
Most-quoted passages
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“It is readily apparent that the giving of testimony by a grand juror is consistent with his duty as a grand juror and affords no ground for quashing the indictment.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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