Williams v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
3
states following
June 2013
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Cruz v. New York · Steinhorst v. State · 498 So. 2d 929 - State v. Wimberly · 421 So. 2d 15 - Jackson v. State · 505 So. 2d 611 - Rosso v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“feel sorry for [the defendant] and disobey the law and find [him] guilty of some lesser-charge”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. People v. McMinn
How this case has been treated — in progress
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