Branscum v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
52
cited by 52 later decisions
1
states following
September 2015
most recently cited
52 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway Co. v. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission · Beed v. State · Berry v. State · Sanford v. State · Carmichael v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“[t]he jury is not required to lay aside its common sense in evaluating the ordinary affairs of life, and it may infer a defendant’s guilt from improbable explanations of incriminating conduct. Branscum v. State, 345 Ark. 21 , 43 S.W.3d 148 (2001); Chapman v. State, 343 Ark. 643 , 38 S.W.3d 305 (2001). [Additionally,] ... false and improbable statements may be considered as evidence of guilt. Gregory v. State, 341 Ark. 243 , 15 S.W.3d 690 (2000).”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Green v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
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