Cardwell v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• “Circumstantial evidence is entitled to the same weight and effect as direct evidence[,] and this Court has upheld convictions based solely on circumstantial evidence.”
• “Circumstantial evidence is entitled to the same weight and effect as direct evidence[,] and this Court has upheld convictions based solely on circumstantial evidence.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Wetz v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1987-02-25· cited 619×
• Jackson v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1996-12-05· cited 290×
• Lester v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1997-05-07· cited 278×
• Houston v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1988-09-07· cited 262×
• Johnson v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1985-09-04· cited 202×
• Noe v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1993-03-25· cited 189×
• Gossett v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1995-08-17· cited 182×
• McNeal v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1989-07-06· cited 171×
• Hart v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1994-02-24· cited 131×
• Kolberg v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2002-08-29· cited 115×
• Marks v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1988-08-31· cited 96×
• Monk v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1988-10-12· cited 83×
• Walters v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1998-08-20· cited 71×
• Jackson v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1996-01-18· cited 62×
• Boyd v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1988-04-27· cited 57×
• Guilbeau v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1987-01-28· cited 42×
• Tillman v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1992-08-19· cited 41×
• Burleson v. State
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 2015-05-21· cited 32×
• Stringer v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1989-07-19· cited 21×
• Koch v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1987-04-15· cited 20×

Cites

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

• United States v. Orange Jell Beechum
  Fifth Circuit· 1978-10-25· cited 1,202×
• Edwards v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1982-04-14· cited 269×
• State v. Germain
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1983-05-23· cited 99×
• Stevens v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1984-10-17· cited 90×
• State v. Holland
  South Dakota Supreme Court· 1984-03-14· cited 72×
• May v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1967-06-05· cited 67×
• Tolbert v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1981-12-16· cited 60×
• Shelton v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1984-02-22· cited 60×
• King v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1889-04-15· cited 39×
• Price v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1976-09-07· cited 33×
• Dase v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1978-03-29· cited 32×
• Aldridge v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1981-05-27· cited 26×
• United States v. Elouise Colvin
  Fifth Circuit· 1980-03-17· cited 19×
• Bogard v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1970-03-02· cited 18×
• Payne v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1982-04-21· cited 17×
• Daumer v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1980-03-05· cited 16×
• Butler v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1975-10-13· cited 15×
• United States v. Melvin L. Grady
  D.C. Circuit· 1973-06-29· cited 10×
• Fairley v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1977-09-14· cited 9×
• Clingon v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1974-04-22· cited 6×