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.

• victim was stabbed five times and shot twice, and death was prolonged
• “Of import is the fact that any robbery occurred. All defenses and proof available to Davis remained equally applicable. Therefore, the amendment was one of form and not substance.”
• victim was stabbed five times and shot twice, and death was prolonged
• victim was stabbed five times and shot twice, and death was prolonged
• this Court held that the prosecutor permissibly “questioned whether the venire could return a death penalty given certain facts, specifically, that the victim was killed by a friend, that Davis had no prior felony convictions, and that Davis was charged with one murder”
• this Court held that the prosecutor permissibly “questioned whether the venire could return a death penalty given certain facts, specifically, that the victim was killed by a friend, that Davis had no prior felony convictions, and that Davis was charged with one murder”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Young v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2009-04-22· cited 604×
• Evans v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1997-09-11· cited 404×
• Holland v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1997-09-11· cited 380×
• Ross v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2007-04-26· cited 361×
• Byrom v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2003-10-16· cited 320×
• Gray v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1998-08-06· cited 314×
• Simmons v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2001-12-13· cited 301×
• Underwood v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1998-02-12· cited 282×
• Bell v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1998-12-14· cited 275×
• Wells v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1997-06-12· cited 274×
• Puckett v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1999-03-25· cited 271×
• Howell v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2003-10-23· cited 267×
• Manning v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1999-03-31· cited 266×
• Edwards v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1999-02-12· cited 245×
• Wilcher v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1997-03-13· cited 242×
• McGilberry v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1999-06-03· cited 242×
• Hughes v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1999-03-31· cited 231×
• Walker v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2005-03-31· cited 215×
• Brown v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2004-09-02· cited 212×
• Burns v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1998-11-19· cited 209×

Cites

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

• Payne v. Tennessee
  Supreme Court· 1991-09-13· cited 3,458×
• Gardner v. Florida
  Supreme Court· 1977-03-22· cited 1,935×
• Mills v. Maryland
  Supreme Court· 1988-06-06· cited 1,392×
• Lowenfield v. Phelps
  Supreme Court· 1988-03-07· cited 1,385×
• Clemons v. Mississippi
  Supreme Court· 1990-04-17· cited 1,318×
• McKoy v. North Carolina
  Supreme Court· 1990-03-05· cited 1,045×
• Bottoson v. Florida
  Supreme Court· 1984-10-01· cited 793×
• Johnson v. Mississippi
  Supreme Court· 1988-06-13· cited 792×
• Neal v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1984-05-23· cited 666×
• Stringer v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1984-08-15· cited 648×
• Hansen v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1991-12-18· cited 521×
• State v. Middlebrooks
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1992-09-08· cited 519×
• Ballenger v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1995-11-22· cited 508×
• Billiot v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1984-06-06· cited 479×
• Foster v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1994-04-28· cited 467×
• Chase v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1994-02-24· cited 466×
• Williams v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1984-01-18· cited 461×
• Walker v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1995-10-12· cited 460×
• Fisher v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1985-10-16· cited 457×
• Lockett v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1987-09-30· cited 443×