Davis v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• “[i]n some circumstances, the trial court’s refusal of [a necessity instruction] would constitute harmless error”
• “Finally, when serious doubt exists as to whether an instruction should be included, the doubt should be resolved in favor of the accused.” (citing Stringfellow v. State, 595 So. 2d 1320, 1322 (Miss. 1992
• “Harmless errors are those which in the setting of a particular case are so unimportant and insignificant that they may, consistent with the Federal Constitution, be deemed harmless, not requiring the automatic reversal of the conviction.” (internal quotation marks omitted

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Newell v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2010-12-02· cited 187×
• Ronk v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2015-05-07· cited 83×
• Clark v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2010-08-05· cited 52×
• McInnis v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2011-04-07· cited 48×
• James C. Newell, Jr. v. State of Mississippi
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2015-10-08· cited 44×
• States v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2012-05-17· cited 44×
• Brown v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2010-07-22· cited 41×
• Hye v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2015-02-05· cited 41×
• InTown Lessee Associates, LLC v. Howard
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2011-06-30· cited 36×
• Wales v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2011-09-29· cited 34×
• Flowers v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2010-11-10· cited 32×
• Burleson v. State
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 2015-05-21· cited 32×
• Maye v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2010-12-02· cited 28×
• Williams v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2014-03-27· cited 24×
• Hawkins v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2012-09-20· cited 22×
• Dennis Thompson v. State of Mississippi
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2017-03-21· cited 18×
• Davis v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2013-08-13· cited 14×
• Jackson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2011-03-01· cited 12×
• Crook v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2012-04-10· cited 12×
• Wallace v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2013-09-24· cited 12×