Simon v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
424 F.2d 796 · 1970
Citation profile
21
cited by 21 later decisions
2
states following
March 1979
most recently cited
11 federal appellate · 10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Stevenson v. United States · Austin v. United States · Galvan v. Press · Belton v. United States · Bishop v. United States
Most-quoted passages
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“[manslaughter is the unlawful killing of a human being without malice, express or implied. It may be voluntary or involuntary. It is voluntary when committed with a design to kill, under the influence of a sudden and violent passion caused by great provocation, which the law, in its tenderness to the infirmity of human nature, considers such a palliative of the offense as to rebut the presumption which would otherwise arise of malice. Manslaughter is involuntary when committed by accident, or without any intention to take life. .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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