Kinder v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
January 1992
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1153
Relies on Beck v. Alabama · United States v. Batchelder · Keeble v. United States · Spaziano v. Florida · Hopper v. Evans
Most-quoted passages
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““When the defendant is plainly guilty of some offense, and the evidence is legally sufficient for the trier of fact to convict him of either the greater offense or a lesser included offense, it is fundamentally unfair under Maryland common law for the State, over the defendant’s objection, to nol pros the lesser included offense____ In short, it is simply offensive to fundamental fairness, in such circumstances, to deprive the trier of fact, over the defendant’s objection, of the third option of convicting the defendant of a lesser included offense.” v”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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