Port v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
December 1990
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · Rhode Island v. Innis · Burks v. United States · Thompson v. United States
Most-quoted passages
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“You know, I don’t remember everything that happened, but I do remember walking her up the stairs with my gun. I know she was afraid. But when I got to the top, she fell. You see, she was trying to get away; so, I grabbed her by the blouse. She kept struggling; so I went back up the stairs and I looked down and I started shooting at her. I know I missed her many times, but I know I hit her at least two times, maybe on the head, I don’t know. I just looked at her for a long time. Then I went downstairs and I knew she was dead.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Port v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
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