Fairbanks v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1974
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
October 2000
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 34 Tenn. App. 451 - De Rossett v. Malone · Irvine v. State · Ryan v. State · Sreet Railroad & Tel. Companies v. Simmons · Lee 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]he jury may use their common knowledge and experience in deciding whether a fact is logically deducible from the circumstances in evidence, or in making reasonable inferences from the evidence, and may test the truth and weight of the evidence by their own general knowledge and judgment derived from experience, observation, and reflection....”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Nesbit · State v. Hodges
How this case has been treated — in progress
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