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.

• the jury has the power to acquit a criminal defendant for whatever reason even though the evidence supports a conviction, and this power is an important part of the constitutional scheme of our criminal law system

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

8 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Hansen v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1991-12-18· cited 521×
• People v. Moore
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1996-01-18· cited 126×
• Nicolaou v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1992-11-19· cited 125×
• People v. Williams
  California Supreme Court· 2001-05-07· cited 76×
• Rose v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1990-02-07· cited 43×
• Brown v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2008-06-26· cited 37×
• State v. Bjerkaas
  Court of Appeals of Wisconsin· 1991-06-27· cited 31×
• Kenneth Brown v. State of Mississippi
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2004-12-10

Cites

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

• Sparf v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1895-01-21· cited 757×
• United States v. David T. Dellinger
  Seventh Circuit· 1973-03-05· cited 354×
• United States v. Dougherty
  D.C. Circuit· 1972-06-30· cited 309×
• John Lewis Washington v. John C. Watkins, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of Corrections
  Fifth Circuit· 1981-09-14· cited 280×
• R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1973-03-05· cited 199×
• Walker v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma· 1986-07-22· cited 151×
• United States v. Moylan
  Fourth Circuit· 1969-10-15· cited 142×
• Georgia v. Brailsford
  Supreme Court· 1794-02-17· cited 108×
• United States v. John William Simpson, AKA Brother John Simpson
  Ninth Circuit· 1972-05-04· cited 88×
• State v. Allie
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1985-11-15· cited 72×
• Commonwealth v. Fernette
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1986-11-26· cited 59×
• State v. Hunter
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1979-09-11· cited 50×
• State v. Cote
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1987-06-03· cited 49×
• State v. Willis
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1974-05-22· cited 45×
• Williams v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1982-12-28· cited 44×
• Annas v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1986-10-10· cited 34×
• United States v. Troy L. Wiley
  Eighth Circuit· 1974-09-16· cited 32×
• United States v. Claude \Buddy\ Leach
  Fifth Circuit· 1980-12-19· cited 29×
• State v. Perkins
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1984-08-24· cited 27×
• Lee v. State
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 1987-09-25· cited 16×