Burns v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• holding prosecutor’s referral to murder defendant as being the victim’s “judge, his jury, and his executioner,” was not reversible error when only referred to on one occasion
• “It is in poor grace for counsel to participate without objection in unrecorded bench conferences and complain for the first time on appeal.”
• \It is in poor grace for counsel to participate without objection in unrecorded bench conferences and complain for the first time on appeal.\
• upon determining the defendant wrote letters confessing to the crime, they are admissions

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Byrom v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2003-10-16· cited 320×
• Simmons v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2001-12-13· cited 301×
• Howell v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2003-10-23· cited 267×
• Walker v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2005-03-31· cited 215×
• Brown v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2004-09-02· cited 212×
• Goff v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2009-05-28· cited 189×
• Spicer v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2006-01-05· cited 184×
• Goodin v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2001-05-17· cited 178×
• Havard v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2006-02-09· cited 173×
• Puckett v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2001-06-28· cited 170×
• Randall v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2001-09-27· cited 170×
• Mitchell v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2001-03-29· cited 168×
• Jordan v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2001-04-26· cited 160×
• Galloway v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2013-06-06· cited 160×
• Lynch v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2004-05-27· cited 153×
• Batiste v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2013-05-16· cited 151×
• Berry v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2001-10-11· cited 149×
• Manning v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2000-06-29· cited 149×
• Snow v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2001-09-27· cited 147×
• Bishop v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2002-02-14· cited 135×

Cites

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

• United States v. Wade
  Supreme Court· 1967-06-12· cited 8,442×
• Schmerber v. California
  Supreme Court· 1966-06-20· cited 6,067×
• Gilbert v. California
  Supreme Court· 1967-06-12· cited 3,797×
• Moran v. Burbine
  Supreme Court· 1986-03-10· cited 3,339×
• Ake v. Oklahoma
  Supreme Court· 1985-02-26· cited 3,332×
• Caldwell v. Mississippi
  Supreme Court· 1985-06-11· cited 2,827×
• Tuilaepa v. California
  Supreme Court· 1994-06-30· cited 983×
• Hansen v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1991-12-18· cited 521×
• Ballenger v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1995-11-22· cited 508×
• May v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1984-11-07· cited 475×
• Foster v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1994-04-28· cited 467×
• Walker v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1995-10-12· cited 460×
• McFee v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1987-07-22· cited 451×
• Conner v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1994-03-17· cited 409×
• Davis v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1995-06-08· cited 393×
• MacK v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1994-12-21· cited 383×
• Coleman v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1997-06-19· cited 382×
• Willie v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1991-07-24· cited 380×
• United States v. Mara
  Supreme Court· 1973-01-22· cited 379×
• Griffin v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1990-02-14· cited 375×

Other cases named Burns v. State

310 other CourtListener records share this case name; the 50 most cited are listed.

• Burns v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1977-05-03· cited 192×
• Burns v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2001-10-11· cited 117×
• Burns v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1985-12-04· cited 69×
• Burns v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1988-10-19· cited 64×
• Burns v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1997-07-10· cited 62×
• Burns v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2003-12-04· cited 54×
• Burns v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1892-08-23· cited 45×
• Burns v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 1992-09-30· cited 39×
• Burns v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1992-12-24· cited 39×
• Burns v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2013-09-25· cited 36×
• Burns v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1979-07-19· cited 33×
• Burns v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1971-09-16· cited 32×
• Burns v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1965-02-17· cited 32×
• Burns v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2004-10-06· cited 31×
• Burns v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 1996-06-27· cited 29×
• Burns v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1984-07-11· cited 28×
• Burns v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1987-07-29· cited 28×
• Burns v. State
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1974-07-17· cited 27×
• Burns v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1970-07-29· cited 27×
• Burns v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1969-05-15· cited 26×
• Burns v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2009-05-04· cited 26×
• Burns v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1995-10-16· cited 23×
• Burns v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2006-11-02· cited 22×
• Burns v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1939-04-11· cited 22×
• Burns v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2006-06-27· cited 21×
• Burns v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1977-04-20· cited 20×
• Burns v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2006-11-30· cited 20×
• Burns v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1983-05-12· cited 20×
• Burns v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 1991-05-16· cited 20×
• Burns v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1983-10-05· cited 20×
• Burns v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1973-01-11· cited 19×
• Burns v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1989-11-20· cited 19×
• Burns v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1978-05-03· cited 18×
• Burns v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 7th Dist. (Amarillo)· 1992-12-31· cited 18×
• Burns v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2003-02-27· cited 17×
• Burns v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1990-07-16· cited 16×
• Burns v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1922-10-25· cited 16×
• Burns v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2003-11-13· cited 15×
• Burns v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1991-08-07· cited 15×
• Burns v. State
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 1978-02-07· cited 15×
• Burns v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1996-01-29· cited 15×
• Burns v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1922-09-25· cited 14×
• Burns v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1934-09-14· cited 13×
• Burns v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1975-09-26· cited 12×
• Burns v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 1997-12-18· cited 12×
• Burns v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2009-12-09· cited 12×
• Burns v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1994-07-14· cited 11×
• Burns v. State
  Court of Claims of Illinois· 1982-12-21· cited 11×
• Burns v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1980-02-20· cited 10×
• Burns v. State
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1980-06-10· cited 10×