State v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
1
states following
May 1984
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Hankerson v. North Carolina · Adams v. Texas · Burch v. State of Louisiana · Brown v. Louisiana · 371 So. 2d 746 - State v. Brown
Most-quoted passages
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“Accordingly, in compliance with the mandate of the Supreme Court of the United States, that conviction and sentence of defendant Brown are reversed and set aside, and the case is remanded to the district court for a new trial before a jury of six persons, with the jury to be instructed that the verdict should be unanimous.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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