Flowers v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• “[A] trial judge, when requested, must properly instruct the jury on the defendant’s theory of the case — so long as that theory constitutes a legal defense to the charged offense, is not repetitious, and is supported by evidence.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Bailey v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2012-01-26· cited 95×
• Hye v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2015-02-05· cited 41×
• Havard v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2012-05-10· cited 30×
• Abeyta v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2014-05-01· cited 25×
• Clayton v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2012-12-18· cited 16×
• Childs v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2013-05-23· cited 15×
• McTiller v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2013-05-28· cited 11×
• Pauley v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2013-05-23· cited 11×
• Lyndon C. Myers v. State of Mississippi
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2014-09-04· cited 6×
• Michael T. Anderson v. State of Mississippi
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2014-10-21· cited 6×
• Baxter v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2014-07-29· cited 6×
• Evans v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2013-04-16· cited 4×
• Expose v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2012-10-25· cited 4×
• Cole v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2012-11-20· cited 3×
• Jones v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2013-10-22· cited 3×
• Taylor v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2011-11-15· cited 3×
• Brett Prince v. State of Mississippi
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2017-05-23· cited 1×
• Perilloux v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2012-12-11· cited 1×
• Branch v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2013-04-16· cited 1×
• Verina Childs v. State of Mississippi
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2011-08-05

Cites

15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Rubenstein v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2006-08-10· cited 256×
• Goodin v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2001-05-17· cited 178×
• Milano v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2001-04-26· cited 170×
• Davis v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2009-10-08· cited 107×
• Strong v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1992-05-20· cited 89×
• Solanki v. Ervin
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2009-08-27· cited 58×
• Anderson v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1990-12-05· cited 40×
• Green v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2004-06-24· cited 39×
• Knight v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1992-06-03· cited 36×
• Taylor v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1991-03-13· cited 34×
• Glorioso v. YMCA of Jackson
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1989-03-15· cited 29×
• Stodghill v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2005-01-27· cited 23×
• Beale v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2008-09-09· cited 6×
• Whittington v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2010-04-13· cited 4×
• Flowers v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2009-11-10· cited 3×