Fisher 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 that a sentencing statute requiring imposition of a death sentence or life imprisonment did not run afoul of the separation of powers doctrine

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Evans v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1997-09-11· cited 404×
• Edwards v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1999-02-12· cited 245×
• Hughes v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1999-03-31· cited 231×
• Burns v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1998-11-19· cited 209×
• Turner v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1999-02-04· cited 202×
• Collins v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1997-01-30· cited 191×
• Newell v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2010-12-02· cited 187×
• Jefferson v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2002-04-04· cited 142×
• Edmonds v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2007-05-10· cited 103×
• Corrothers v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2014-06-26· cited 99×
• Ronk v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2015-05-07· cited 83×
• Derouen v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2008-11-20· cited 73×
• Shaw v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2005-08-04· cited 67×
• Mendoza-Lobos v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2009-10-29· cited 54×
• Gilmore v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2013-06-27· cited 53×
• Chandler v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2006-12-07· cited 52×
• Gilley v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1999-09-30· cited 49×
• Turner v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1998-08-06· cited 44×
• Burrows v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2007-06-14· cited 37×
• United States v. Banks
  Ninth Circuit· 2009-02-25· cited 34×

Cites

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

• Mistretta v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1989-01-18· cited 2,457×
• Ex Parte United States
  Supreme Court· 1916-12-04· cited 540×
• Shell v. Mississippi
  Supreme Court· 1990-10-29· cited 353×
• Shell v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1989-11-29· cited 276×
• Crenshaw v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1988-02-10· cited 158×
• Irving v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1986-06-30· cited 132×
• Shearer v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1982-12-15· cited 117×
• Jackson v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1989-07-06· cited 116×
• Hall v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1989-02-09· cited 91×
• Mitchell v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1989-02-27· cited 86×
• Morris v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1991-02-27· cited 83×
• Kettle v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1994-09-08· cited 68×
• Love v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1951-05-07· cited 64×
• Copeland v. City of Jackson
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1989-04-05· cited 55×
• Cantrell v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1987-04-22· cited 46×
• Washington v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1985-10-16· cited 44×
• Lavon v. State
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1979-09-04· cited 36×
• Bayse v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1982-09-29· cited 33×
• McLemore v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1996-02-05· cited 32×
• Lentz v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1992-06-10· cited 29×