62 Tex. Crim. 284 - Johnson v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1911
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
February 1952
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Most-quoted passages
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“"* * * but no defendant ought to be permitted to speculate on the result of a trial, to neglect to summon his witnesses, go to trial, hoping to secure an acquittal, and, in the event of failure to do so, then bring forward the witnesses to be used as a means to secure a new trial."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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