Hester v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• “Probability is not proof beyond every reasonable doubt, as is required in a circumstantial evidence case.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Fisher v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1985-10-16· cited 457×
• Lockett v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1987-09-30· cited 313×
• Abram v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1992-07-29· cited 286×
• White v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1988-08-03· cited 272×
• Bevill v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1990-01-24· cited 251×
• Edwards v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1999-02-12· cited 245×
• Jones v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1987-01-28· cited 241×
• Brewer v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1998-07-23· cited 180×
• Carney v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1988-04-13· cited 139×
• Keys v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1985-10-02· cited 131×
• Roberson v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1992-02-26· cited 125×
• Kolberg v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2002-08-29· cited 115×
• Murphy v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1990-08-01· cited 103×
• MacK v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1985-12-04· cited 92×
• King v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1991-05-03· cited 81×
• State v. Josephs
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 2002-07-15· cited 76×
• Graves v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1997-12-18· cited 75×
• Barrett v. Miller
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1992-04-22· cited 59×
• Nathan v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1989-10-25· cited 53×
• Montgomery v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1987-08-19· cited 51×

Cites

15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Illinois v. Gates
  Supreme Court· 1983-06-08· cited 16,716×
• Carroll v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1925-11-26· cited 7,454×
• Read v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1983-03-23· cited 371×
• Lanier v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1984-04-11· cited 232×
• Lee v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1983-07-13· cited 94×
• Algheri v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1872-07-01· cited 40×
• Sanders v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1973-12-10· cited 35×
• Matula v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1969-03-31· cited 33×
• Boyd v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1967-11-06· cited 25×
• Powe v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1970-05-18· cited 25×
• Carroll v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1981-04-15· cited 23×
• Hogan v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1921-10-15· cited 18×
• Wilborn v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1981-03-04· cited 17×
• Evans v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1973-03-12· cited 14×
• Rome v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1977-08-10· cited 9×