Ellis v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• affirming denial of reckless-manslaughter instruction where the defendant shot the victim at close range after the victim stared at the defendant during a confrontation
• affirming denial of reckless-manslaughter instruction where the defendant shot the victim at close range after the victim stared at the defendant during a confrontation
• pulling up and shooting a victim once in the stomach is not reckless conduct

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

13 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Cluck v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2006-02-02· cited 71×
• McCoy v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2002-03-14· cited 50×
• Starling v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2016-01-28· cited 40×
• Brunson v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2006-12-14· cited 37×
• Morris v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2003-01-16· cited 22×
• Brown v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2001-11-29· cited 21×
• Gaines v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2003-09-18· cited 21×
• Cook v. State
  Court of Appeals of Arkansas· 2002-03-20· cited 16×
• Jones v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2012-02-02· cited 10×
• Kelly v. State
  Court of Appeals of Arkansas· 2002-12-11· cited 4×
• Davis v. State
  Court of Appeals of Arkansas· 2006-11-08· cited 3×
• Marlon Tucker v. State of Arkansas
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2023-04-27· cited 1×
• Vincent Tyler v. State of Arkansas
  Court of Appeals of Arkansas· 2026-04-22

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Harshaw v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2001-03-08· cited 37×
• Kail v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2000-04-20· cited 36×
• Cobb v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2000-01-27· cited 30×
• Allen v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1992-09-14· cited 26×
• Frazier v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1992-05-04· cited 12×
• Williams v. State
  Court of Appeals of Arkansas· 1986-02-05· cited 6×
• Worring v. State
  Court of Appeals of Arkansas· 1982-09-01· cited 2×