Cook v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing Section 97-3-35 includes two theories of manslaughter, heat of passion and imperfect self- defense
• This Court held that the instruction that submitted the lesser-included offense of manslaughter to the jury was properly granted by the trial.
• construing MISS. CODE ANN. § 97-3-13(1)(f)
• discussing two theories of manslaughter
• discussing two theories of manslaughter

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Clemons v. Mississippi
  Supreme Court· 1990-04-17· cited 1,318×
• Fisher v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1985-10-16· cited 457×
• Heidel v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1991-09-11· cited 332×
• Mease v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1989-02-01· cited 318×
• Foster v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1996-05-16· cited 230×
• Bullock v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1987-09-02· cited 217×
• Lanier v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1996-11-14· cited 202×
• Gavin v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1985-07-31· cited 194×
• Gossett v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1995-08-17· cited 182×
• Harveston v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1986-08-20· cited 164×
• Fairman v. Anderson
  Fifth Circuit· 1999-09-28· cited 145×
• Hart v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1994-02-24· cited 131×
• Jackson v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1989-07-06· cited 116×
• Catchings v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1996-05-16· cited 90×
• Ronk v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2015-05-07· cited 83×
• Lancaster v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1985-05-29· cited 76×
• Stevens v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2002-02-28· cited 74×
• Burge v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1985-06-05· cited 70×
• Harbin v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1985-10-02· cited 68×
• Watts v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1998-07-23· cited 52×

Cites

17 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• May v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1984-11-07· cited 475×
• Fairchild v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1984-11-07· cited 201×
• Glass v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1973-05-14· cited 111×
• Stevens v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1984-10-17· cited 90×
• Hubbard v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1983-09-14· cited 75×
• Robinson v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1983-05-18· cited 72×
• Long v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1876-04-15· cited 54×
• Haynes v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1984-06-06· cited 41×
• Williams v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1921-10-15· cited 24×
• Carter v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1981-08-05· cited 20×
• Ellerbe v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1901-03-15· cited 17×
• Evans v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1984-10-10· cited 15×
• Grace v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1980-02-06· cited 9×
• Jones v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1983-12-07· cited 5×
• Moss v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1980-08-20· cited 5×
• Jordan v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1964-02-24· cited 5×
• Perkins v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1978-06-14· cited 3×