Hennessy v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1977
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
September 1988
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Dorsey v. State · Edgington v. United States · Corens v. State · Bagley v. State · 26 Md. App. 511 - Comi v. State
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Finally, appellant asks: ‘Was the Trial Court’s Refusal to Instruct the Jury that Good Character and Reputation of the Appellant in and of Itself May Be Sufficient to Create a Reasonable Doubt of Guilt, Reversible Error?’ The answer is no.” The answer is still no.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Evidence of good character ... “is not proof of innocence although it may be sufficient to raise a doubt of guilt.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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