Dees v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• “[D]irect evidence is unnecessary to support a conviction when the circumstantial evidence is sufficient to establish guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.”

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Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Haynes v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2018-05-31· cited 39×
• Shawn Oliff Lavant v. State of Mississippi
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2019-01-08
• Justyn Matthew Schlegel a/k/a Justyn Schlegel v. State of Mississippi
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2020-03-10
• Sedrick Buchanan and Armand Jones a/k/a Armond Jones a/k/a A.J. Jones v. State of Mississippi
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2021-04-08
• Justus Barfield v. State of Mississippi
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2022-12-13
• Rickey Walton a/k/a Rickie Walton v. State of Mississippi
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2025-09-30
• Ahmad Grant a/k/a Ahmad Rashad Grant v. State of Mississippi
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2026-06-02

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Bush v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2005-02-10· cited 1,301×
• Edwards v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1985-05-22· cited 326×
• Carr v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1968-04-08· cited 323×
• Shumpert v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2006-06-29· cited 63×
• Hughes v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2012-06-21· cited 38×
• Bishop v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2004-07-01· cited 34×