Smith v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
20
cited by 20 later decisions
2
states following
September 1999
most recently cited
20 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · Ashton v. Anderson · Davis v. State · Gradison v. State · Thornton Ex Rel. Thornton v. Pender
Most-quoted passages
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“under the original definition of that term, Alvers' instruction was contrary to law and therefore properly refused. In addition, this area was properly covered by instruction No. 15 and the record does not support instruction No. 5. Therefore, the trial court did not err in refusing Alvers' tendered instruction and giving instruction No. 15. We therefore affirm the judgment of the trial court. ROBERTSON, P.J., and NEAL, J., concur. 1 . The statute applicable at the time the crime was committed stated:”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Alvers v. State
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