Austin v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that “evidence of flight is inadmissible when independent reasons exist to explain the flight”
• noting, for example, circumstances where defendant was an escapee, or driving a stolen car, or leaving the scene of the alleged crime based on threats from another person or from potential danger from the victim
• noting, for example, circumstances where defendant was an escapee, or driving a stolen car, or leaving the scene of the alleged crime based on threats from another person or from potential danger from the victim
• “Matters regarding the weight and credibility of evidence must be resolved by the jury.”
• admission of flight evidence is reviewed for abuse of discretion

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

102 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Howell v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2003-10-23· cited 267×
• Rubenstein v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2006-08-10· cited 256×
• Scott v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2004-06-10· cited 125×
• Dycus v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2004-04-15· cited 121×
• Montana v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2002-07-25· cited 115×
• Harris v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2003-12-31· cited 111×
• Le v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2005-04-28· cited 103×
• Corrothers v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2014-06-26· cited 99×
• Smith v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2001-12-13· cited 85×
• Harrell v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2014-01-16· cited 73×
• Ford v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2008-02-21· cited 59×
• Dickerson v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2015-06-18· cited 50×
• Phillips v. People
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2009-03-12· cited 47×
• Williams v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2010-04-15· cited 44×
• Chinn v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2007-06-28· cited 44×
• Murray v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2003-07-24· cited 37×
• Rogers v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2001-09-27· cited 34×
• Elkins v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2005-07-26· cited 30×
• Jordan v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2005-03-10· cited 22×
• Ervin v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2014-04-24· cited 22×

Cites

29 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Hansen v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1991-12-18· cited 521×
• May v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1984-11-07· cited 475×
• Groseclose v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1983-10-12· cited 463×
• Fisher v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1985-10-16· cited 457×
• Carr v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1995-02-02· cited 403×
• MacK v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1994-12-21· cited 383×
• Ladner v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1991-07-17· cited 343×
• Heidel v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1991-09-11· cited 332×
• Lester v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1997-05-07· cited 278×
• Eakes v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1995-10-26· cited 240×
• Fuselier v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1997-10-23· cited 223×
• Gray v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1989-09-20· cited 172×
• Gleeton v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1998-06-25· cited 157×
• Parker v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1992-08-31· cited 153×
• Humphrey v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2000-04-20· cited 130×
• Nicholson on Behalf of Gollott v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1996-04-18· cited 115×
• Pharr v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1984-12-05· cited 83×
• Lanier v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1994-03-31· cited 79×
• Pannell v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1984-09-05· cited 56×
• Nichols v. Munn
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1990-07-11· cited 49×