379 So. 2d 318 - Phillips v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
September 1991
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Barnes v. State · Weathersby v. State · Sullivan v. State · 244 So. 2d 18 - Gant v. State · Latiker v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“[I]nvoluntary manslaughter by culpable negligence within the meaning of [§ 97-3-47] may be defined as negligence of a degree so gross as to be tantamount to a wanton disregard of, or utter indifference to, the safety of human life, and that this be so clearly evidenced to place it beyond a reasonable doubt.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“horseplay ... drunkenness, brawling or any other reckless conduct tantamount to a wanton disregard of[,]... the safety of human life[.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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