Coleman 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 “criminal statutes are to be strictly construed against the State and liberally in favor of the accused”
• holding that “criminal statutes are to be strictly construed against the State and liberally in favor of the accused”
• defendant was improperly convicted for 3 embezzlement under Section 97-23-19 because a church is not an “incorporated company” or a “private person”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Goff v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2009-05-28· cited 189×
• Gilmer v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2007-05-10· cited 134×
• Verenzo Cartrell Green v. State of Mississippi
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2016-01-28· cited 45×
• Hedgepeth v. Johnson
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2008-02-21· cited 33×
• Branch v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2008-10-30· cited 20×
• Brown v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2012-12-13· cited 20×
• Byron Perry v. State of Mississippi
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2017-06-01· cited 18×
• Tipton v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2014-10-30· cited 14×
• Shaffer v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2011-10-27· cited 8×
• Shaffer v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2010-09-14· cited 7×
• Tipton v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2010-06-24· cited 7×
• Hosan M. Azomani v. State of Mississippi
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2016-08-09· cited 6×
• Price v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2009-09-15· cited 5×
• Jefferson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2012-07-31· cited 5×
• Brown v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2012-03-20· cited 4×
• Blalock v. Mississippi Department of Revenue (In re Blalock)
  S.D. Mississippi· 2015-09-14· cited 3×
• Cater v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2009-03-19· cited 1×
• Eddie Gilmer v. State of Mississippi
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2004-08-20
• Mitchell Hedgepeth v. Melody Johnson
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2006-12-01
• Sylvester Branch v. State of Mississippi
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2006-03-07

Cites

20 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Bush v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2005-02-10· cited 1,301×
• Edwards v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1985-05-22· cited 326×
• Carr v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1968-04-08· cited 323×
• C & C TRUCKING CO. v. Smith
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1992-12-17· cited 109×
• Clark v. State Ex Rel. Miss. State Med. Ass'n
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1980-03-26· cited 99×
• Sykes v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2000-03-30· cited 82×
• Allred v. Webb
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1994-08-18· cited 60×
• McLamb v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1984-09-05· cited 55×
• Ellis v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1985-05-22· cited 54×
• Harrison v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2001-09-06· cited 51×
• Kerr-McGee Chemical Corp. v. Buelow
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1995-12-21· cited 49×
• TCL, INC. v. Lacoste
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1983-05-11· cited 39×
• State v. Traylor
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1911-10-15· cited 39×
• Sipp v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2006-06-22· cited 33×
• Champluvier v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2006-11-09· cited 20×
• May v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1961-03-06· cited 17×
• Richardson v. Jenkins Builders, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 1999-02-23· cited 14×
• Stewart v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2002-08-20· cited 5×
• Garrett v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1952-02-18· cited 4×
• Coleman v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2005-11-01· cited 2×