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.

• holding testimony about other stolen property, which constituted a separate crime from the one charged, was admissible because it formed part of the res gestae of the crime charged and helped shed light on the appellant's motive
• holding testimony about other stolen property, which constituted a separate crime from the one charged, was admissible because it formed part of the res gestae of the crime charged and helped shed light on the appellant's motive
• “A pistol has ... been judicially declared to be a ‘deadly weapon’ without proof that it is loaded or presently capable of committing a violent injury.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Walker v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1995-10-12· cited 460×
• Hoops v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1996-08-22· cited 454×
• Davis v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1995-06-08· cited 393×
• MacKbee v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1990-12-27· cited 336×
• Gray v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1998-08-06· cited 314×
• Simmons v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2001-12-13· cited 301×
• West v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1989-10-04· cited 295×
• Fleming v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1992-06-17· cited 292×
• Bell v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1998-12-14· cited 275×
• Wells v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1997-06-12· cited 274×
• Howell v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2003-10-23· cited 267×
• Hughes v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1999-03-31· cited 231×
• Flowers v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2000-12-21· cited 222×
• Burns v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1998-11-19· cited 209×
• Holly v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1996-02-08· cited 206×
• Noe v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1993-03-25· cited 189×
• West v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1998-06-25· cited 182×
• Gossett v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1995-08-17· cited 182×
• Brewer v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1998-07-23· cited 180×
• Flowers v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2003-04-03· cited 164×

Cites

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

• Billiot v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1984-06-06· cited 479×
• Cole v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1987-07-29· cited 352×
• Evans v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1982-11-03· cited 310×
• Box v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1983-08-24· cited 275×
• Gray v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1979-09-26· cited 269×
• Fairchild v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1984-11-07· cited 201×
• Colburn v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1983-05-04· cited 115×
• Stubblefield v. Jesco, Inc.
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1985-02-27· cited 93×
• Duckworth v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1985-08-07· cited 85×
• Winters v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1984-02-15· cited 80×
• Clemons v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1975-10-13· cited 75×
• Ruffin v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1984-01-25· cited 70×
• Shelton v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1984-02-22· cited 60×
• Craft v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1956-01-16· cited 52×
• Mullins v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1986-08-27· cited 51×
• Herron v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1974-01-07· cited 45×
• Eubanks v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1982-09-29· cited 39×
• Simpson v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1979-01-17· cited 38×
• Hall v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1986-05-28· cited 35×
• Bayse v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1982-09-29· cited 33×