Thomas v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
July 2016
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Ellis v. State
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The Court instructs the jury that if you believe from the evidence that the alleged confession of the Defendant was untrue you should disregard it or, if you believe from the evidence that it was made under the influence of hope or fear, you may take this into account in determining what weight or credit, if any, you may attach to it as evidence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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