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· 11/27/1995

Thomas v. Whalen

Citations

  • 516 U.S. 989
  • 11 I.E.R. Cas. (BNA) 320

How courts have described this case

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

  • requiring less than a reasonable doubt but “more than mere suspicion”
  • requiring less than a reasonable doubt but \more than mere suspicion\
  • evidence sufficient to sustain first degree murder conviction; three-year-old son of defendant's girlfriend died from massive head injuries and had numerous other injuries
  • “[T]here must be sufficient evidence at trial to support a finding by the jury that the accused committed the similar act for it to be admissible under F.R.Evid. 404(b).”
  • premeditated murder and murder in perpetration of robbery

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