Westbrook v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1993
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
January 1997
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Scharffe v. Perkins · Almanza v. State · Brendale v. Confederated Tribes & Bands of the Yakima Indian Nation · Belisle v. Anzivino · Marquez v. Texas
Most-quoted passages
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“(1) “Adequate cause” means cause that would commonly produce a degree of anger, rage, resentment, or terror in a person of ordinary temper, sufficient to render the mind incapable of cool reflection. (2) “Sudden passion” means passion directly caused by ... the individual killed or another acting with the person killed which passion arises at the time of the offense and is not solely the result of former provocation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Willis v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
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