People v. Hicks’s Empirical Analysis
1977
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
June 1996
most recently cited
2 federal appellate ·
Most-quoted passages
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“Whether the expression used is 'beyond a reasonable doubt,' or 'to a moral certainty,' is immaterial, for they are synonymous....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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