Clayton v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• conviction for intent reversed as there were insufficient quantities of cocaine [mere traces] from which the jury could infer an intent to distribute
• even though the main witness against the defendant was a convicted felon, an admitted drug addict, a general reprobate, and unworthy of belief, his unsavory background was thoroughly explored and the jury had the responsibility of assessing his credibility
• even though the main witness against the defendant was a convicted felon, an admitted drug addict, a general reprobate, and unworthy of belief, his unsavory background was thoroughly explored and the jury had the responsibility of assessing his credibility

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Johnson v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1994-09-08· cited 74×
• Farris v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2000-06-08· cited 65×
• Jones v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1994-04-07· cited 50×
• Berry v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2008-12-11· cited 46×
• Ellis v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2000-12-14· cited 41×
• Drake v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2001-10-04· cited 33×
• Jowers v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1992-01-29· cited 32×
• Thomas v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1991-12-18· cited 28×
• Holmes v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2001-10-25· cited 19×
• Hubbard v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2001-11-15· cited 18×
• Boyd v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1994-03-17· cited 15×
• Stubbs v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2003-03-20· cited 12×
• Miller v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2008-04-10· cited 12×
• Lee v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1999-12-09· cited 7×
• Applewhite v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2000-01-06· cited 7×
• State v. Nickens
  Court of Appeals of Iowa· 2002-03-27· cited 7×
• Mallard v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2001-10-25· cited 6×
• Quinn v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2003-10-28· cited 4×
• Bonner v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2006-12-05· cited 3×
• Banks v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1998-06-11· cited 3×

Cites

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

• Nixon v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1987-11-25· cited 322×
• Harveston v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1986-08-20· cited 164×
• Keys v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1985-10-02· cited 131×
• Powell v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1978-03-08· cited 97×
• Griffin v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1985-11-13· cited 69×
• McCray v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1986-03-26· cited 67×
• Kinzey v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1986-11-19· cited 64×
• Doby v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1990-02-14· cited 63×
• Pannell v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1984-09-05· cited 56×
• Arnett v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1988-09-21· cited 48×
• Sisk v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1974-02-25· cited 47×
• Norman v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1980-03-19· cited 46×
• Guilbeau v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1987-01-28· cited 42×
• Jordan v. McKenna
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1990-12-27· cited 41×
• McDonald v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1984-07-25· cited 36×
• Stringer v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1990-02-21· cited 36×
• Bryant v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1983-02-23· cited 35×
• Barnes v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1986-07-09· cited 33×
• Quarles v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1967-05-22· cited 32×
• Coyne v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1986-02-26· cited 28×