Mississippi Supreme Court· 10/15/1912
Clark v. State
Citations
- 102 Miss. 768
- 59 So. 887
Syllabus
<p>Ceimikae Law. Instructions. Trial of negro.</p> <p>Instructions in criminal cases which call attention to the color or race of the defendant should never be given, unless the state invokes a rule for the guidance of the jury which directs the attention of the jury to defendant’s color and then the trial court should sua sponte rebuke the state’s representative in the presence of the jury.</p>
Judges: Cook
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6 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Goldsby v. StateMississippi Supreme Court· 1960-10-03· cited 27×
- Tate v. StateMississippi Supreme Court· 2001-05-03· cited 15×
- Carter v. StateWyoming Supreme Court· 2010-10-14· cited 10×
- Smith v. StateMississippi Supreme Court· 1974-06-10· cited 4×
- Pittman v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi· 2009-07-21· cited 1×
- Roy A. Tate v. State of MississippiMississippi Supreme Court· 1999-06-04
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