State v. Ferguson’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
February 2017
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 368 So. 2d 965 - State v. Welch · 381 So. 2d 1245 - Thibodeaux v. King-Wilkinson, Inc.
Most-quoted passages
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“Whoever is a party to a criminal conspiracy to commit any crime shall be fined or imprisoned, or both, in the same manner as for the offense contemplated by the conspirators; provided, however, whoever is a party to a criminal conspiracy to commit a crime punishable by death or life imprisonment shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not more than thirty years. (Emphasis added).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“at hard labor” of imprisonment for individuals convicted of conspiracy to commit a crime punishable by death or life imprisonment. To accept the defense's suggestion that the”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.