Jefcoat v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
October 1997
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Burks v. United States · Mullaney v. Wilbur · Greene v. Massey · Duffy v. State · Luck v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“... where a jury, as here, has found a defendant guilty of the ... offense of voluntary manslaughter it is only necessary for [the reviewing] Court to make the determination whether the evidence was sufficient to establish the offense of murder. If that determination is made, and it is unfavorable to the defendant, the defendant is in no position to complain because the finding of the jury that the defendant was guilty of voluntary manslaughter, though possibly error from the standpoint of a reviewing court, was actually error favorable to the defendant, of which he [should not be able to] complain on appeal.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Daniel v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
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