432 So. 2d 15 - Thomas v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
October 1988
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Barker v. Wingo · Furman v. Georgia · Beck v. Alabama · Moore v. Arizona · Fitzpatrick v. Bitzer
Most-quoted passages
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“". . . Texas' position is that it justifiably chose not to expend scarce judicial and prosecutorial resources in trying a defendant facing a death sentence, the execution of which would have eliminated the need for any trial at all. 515 F.2d at 856 . We found this reasoning to be compelling in Turner."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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