333 So. 2d 89 - Mitchell v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1976
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
2
states following
November 1985
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Jones v. Giller · Horton v. Mayo · 93 So. 2d 876 - State v. Clein · 260 So. 2d 878 - Lee v. State · Green v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“It follows that, in the circumstances of this case, the trial court erred in charging the jury in effect that it might convict appellant if it found that she committed the offense charged on some date other than December 14, 1974 [the date charged in the information]. That the evidence which was adduced gave the jury a hard choice was no justification for inviting the jury to indulge in speculation which disregarded all the evidence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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