Butler 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 that, despite the defendant’s acceptance of restitution as a condition of probation, the provision ordering payments was void because the recipient was not “legally eligible”
• standard applicable to review of request for a directed verdict or peremptory instruction
• “The presumption that a child born in wedlock is the legitimate child of the husband is one of the strongest presumptions known to law and may be overcome only by proof beyond a reasonable doubt that the husband is not the father.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Roundtree v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1990-10-03· cited 188×
• Sheffield v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1999-11-24· cited 186×
• Green v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1994-01-20· cited 131×
• Dycus v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2004-04-15· cited 121×
• Wall v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1998-08-06· cited 107×
• Bounds v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1997-02-13· cited 75×
• Stevens v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2002-02-28· cited 74×
• Wade v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1999-10-21· cited 67×
• Brown v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1990-01-17· cited 63×
• Jones v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2000-08-03· cited 57×
• Langston v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2001-05-22· cited 52×
• Ellis v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2000-12-14· cited 41×
• Hilliard v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1999-11-18· cited 40×
• Keys v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1994-03-31· cited 39×
• Ashford v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1991-07-03· cited 39×
• Willis v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2005-06-14· cited 22×
• Payton v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1994-09-08· cited 20×
• Corbin v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1991-08-21· cited 19×
• Wade v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 1998-12-18· cited 19×
• Adams v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2001-04-24· cited 18×

Cites

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

• Boddie v. Connecticut
  Supreme Court· 1971-03-02· cited 3,052×
• Cole v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1987-07-29· cited 352×
• Lockett v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1987-09-30· cited 313×
• Glass v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1973-05-14· cited 111×
• Moawad v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1988-09-14· cited 94×
• Burt v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1986-09-10· cited 75×
• State v. Crowder
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1987-12-04· cited 70×
• United States v. Benzion Golomb
  Second Circuit· 1987-02-13· cited 47×
• Baker by Williams v. Williams
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1987-02-18· cited 46×
• Guilbeau v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1987-01-28· cited 42×
• People v. Quinonez
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1987-04-06· cited 41×
• Cobb v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1983-09-28· cited 33×
• State v. Mayberry
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1987-11-25· cited 31×
• Brabham v. Brabham
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1986-02-05· cited 30×
• Powell v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1988-12-07· cited 26×
• Russell v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1987-02-11· cited 23×
• Parker v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1986-03-12· cited 19×
• Fanning v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1986-09-17· cited 18×
• People v. Harrison
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1980-03-20· cited 18×
• Deer v. State Dept. of Public Welfare
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1988-01-06· cited 13×