Foster v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• reversing capital murder conviction and stating that counsel must have a \good faith basis for any question asked on cross-examination\
• tape recordings of prior inconsistent statements are not admissible where witness admits he made the statements
• expert testimony that knife found in defendant's car could have caused victim's wound held more prejudicial than probative
• Court held that, without the jailhouse confession, the prosecution’s case would have been entirely circumstantial
• Court held that without \jailhouse confession\ the case would have been entirely circumstantial
• Court held that, without the jailhouse confession, the prosecution’s case would have been entirely circumstantial

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Ballenger v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1995-11-22· cited 508×
• Foster v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1994-04-28· cited 467×
• Chase v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1994-02-24· cited 466×
• Walker v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1995-10-12· cited 460×
• Lockett v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1987-09-30· cited 443×
• Conner v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1994-03-17· cited 409×
• Evans v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1997-09-11· cited 404×
• Carr v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1995-02-02· cited 403×
• MacK v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1994-12-21· cited 383×
• Holland v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1997-09-11· cited 380×
• Ross v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2007-04-26· cited 361×
• Cole v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1987-07-29· cited 352×
• Ladner v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1991-07-17· cited 343×
• Blue v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1996-02-15· cited 332×
• Lanier v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1988-11-02· cited 330×
• Byrom v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2003-10-16· cited 320×
• Pinkney v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1988-12-14· cited 316×
• Gray v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1998-08-06· cited 314×
• Simmons v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2001-12-13· cited 301×
• Davis v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1996-06-27· cited 301×

Cites

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

• Batson v. Kentucky
  Supreme Court· 1986-04-30· cited 16,401×
• Chambers v. Mississippi
  Supreme Court· 1973-02-21· cited 5,756×
• Griffith v. Kentucky
  Supreme Court· 1987-01-13· cited 3,380×
• Lee v. Illinois
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-03· cited 1,066×
• United States v. John W. Downing
  Third Circuit· 1985-01-25· cited 627×
• Fisher v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1985-10-16· cited 457×
• Johnson v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1985-09-25· cited 401×
• Fuselier v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1985-04-17· cited 366×
• Wiley v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1986-02-19· cited 287×
• United States v. Daniel Chalan, Jr.
  Tenth Circuit· 1987-03-03· cited 281×
• Moffett v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1984-08-22· cited 255×
• Francis J. McQueeney v. Wilmington Trust Company, Trustee, and Anndep Steamship Corporation
  Third Circuit· 1985-12-26· cited 226×
• Gray v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1977-11-16· cited 174×
• Irving v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1986-06-30· cited 132×
• UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert Leo MORAN, Defendant-Appellant
  Ninth Circuit· 1985-06-28· cited 126×
• Shearer v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1982-12-15· cited 117×
• United States v. Nancy Peterson
  Second Circuit· 1987-01-06· cited 108×
• Wiley v. Mississippi
  Supreme Court· 1986-10-14· cited 100×
• White v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1986-10-08· cited 85×
• Barnes v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1984-11-21· cited 85×