Griffin v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• reversible error for trial court to amend indictment from assault with a deadly weapon by shooting the victim in the head to assault by using a pistol, a means likely to produce serious bodily harm
• reversible error for trial court to amend indictment from assault with a deadly weapon by shooting the victim in the head to assault by using a pistol, a means likely to produce serious bodily harm
• instruction on simple assault required in prosecution for aggravated assault

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Evans v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1997-09-11· cited 404×
• Lester v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1997-05-07· cited 278×
• Edwards v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1999-02-12· cited 245×
• Smith v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1998-12-10· cited 219×
• Peterson v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1996-02-22· cited 202×
• Mitchell v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2001-03-29· cited 168×
• Conley v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2001-04-19· cited 154×
• Medina v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1996-11-21· cited 87×
• Swington v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1999-06-17· cited 85×
• Griffin v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1991-08-21· cited 60×
• Toliver v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1992-05-06· cited 49×
• Dewayne Graham v. State of Mississippi
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2016-02-25· cited 40×
• Hutchinson v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1992-01-22· cited 35×
• Holmes v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1995-05-11· cited 32×
• Spears v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2006-11-16· cited 30×
• Jones v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2001-10-25· cited 29×
• Wolfe v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1999-08-26· cited 27×
• Boyd v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1989-10-18· cited 26×
• Givens v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 1998-09-29· cited 23×
• Burrell v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 1998-12-30· cited 19×

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Fairchild v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1984-11-07· cited 201×
• Lee v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1985-05-29· cited 146×
• Griffin v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1988-10-26· cited 87×
• Reed v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1987-04-22· cited 75×
• Harbin v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1985-10-02· cited 68×
• Ward v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1985-10-30· cited 30×
• Pulliam v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1974-08-12· cited 23×
• Brooks v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1978-07-12· cited 18×
• Morgan v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1980-10-01· cited 16×