Lewis v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
2
states following
August 1996
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on United States v. Silvern · United States v. Brown · 179 Ind. App. 503 - Guffey v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“"The criticism of this type of instruction is that by its use the judge compels the jury to reach a verdict when it might otherwise not do so and thus denies the parties a fair trial. We agree with this additional criticism and hold that the continued use of this type of instruction is improper and should be discontinued."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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