397 So. 2d 313 - Gross v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
states following
May 1991
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 365 So. 2d 701 - Castor v. State · 383 So. 2d 1186 - Beugnet v. Beugnet · 172 So. 2d 824 - Hedges v. State · 359 So. 2d 864 - Henry v. State · 245 So. 2d 94 - Whitehead v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“"[Manslaughter] is in the nature of a residual offense. If a homicide is either justifiable or excusable it cannot be manslaughter. Consequently, in any given situation, if an act results in a homicide that is either justifiable or excusable as defined by statute, a not guilty verdict necessarily ensues. The result is that in order to supply a complete definition of manslaughter as a degree of unlawful homicide it is necessary to include also a definition of the exclusions." Hedges v. State, supra, at 826.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“when the jury's request necessarily elicits a reinstruction on manslaughter and the defendant is convicted of manslaughter, it is error to fail to reinstruct on excusable and justifiable homicide as a necessary concomitant of manslaughter.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
How this case has been treated — in progress
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