Frank G. Griffith v. State of Arkansas

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• stating that standards of proof such as “clear and convincing” instruct “the fact-finder concerning the degree of confidence our society thinks he should have in the correctness of factual conclusions”
• explaining that the “clear and convincing” standard is lower than the “beyond a reasonable doubt” standard for a criminal conviction (internal quotation marks omitted)
• explaining the standards of proof for 17 civil and criminal cases
• “clear and convincing” standard is lower than the “beyond a reasonable doubt” standard for a criminal conviction (quotation marks omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).