Fulsom v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
March 1992
most recently cited
2 federal appellate · 4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Michael O. Watson v. A. R. Jago, Superintendent · State v. Granberry · State v. Ford · Jackson v. State · Boothe v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“Where felony-murder either in the first or second degree is the only murder submitted ... the above rules will not be applied, so that lesser offense instructions will not be given automatically. Ordinarily, where there is sufficient evidence to warrant the giving of a felony-murder instruction, there will be no evidence to support the submission of a lesser offense....”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Blackmon v. White
How this case has been treated — in progress
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