981 So. 2d 260 - State v. Chatman’s Empirical Analysis
2008
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
August 2017
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Chimel v. California · New York v. Belton · South Dakota v. Opperman · Rawlings v. Kentucky
Most-quoted passages
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“ultimately concluded that it was not error for the trial court to refuse to instruct the jury on possible penalties in cases where the jury determines only issues of guilt or innocence and the trial court imposes the penalty because, in those cases, the penalty is simply of no concern to the jury.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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