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.

• holding that proof of actual violent acts is admissible but that “idle threats” of actual violence are not”
• Using the test that the more serious offense must include all the elements of the lesser offense, the Court of Appeals determined manslaughter was a lesser-included offense of murder.

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Cited by

8 cases in this archive cite this case.

• McGowen v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2003-09-11· cited 86×
• State v. Shaw
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2004-08-12· cited 41×
• Anderson v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2012-02-02· cited 25×
• Tillis v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2014-08-19· cited 13×
• Buchanan v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2011-09-20· cited 13×
• Hugh Wilton McGowen, Jr. v. State of Mississippi
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2002-01-22
• State of Mississippi v. Tommy Dean Shaw
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2001-11-08
• Donald Turner a/k/a Darnell Turner a/k/a Slick v. State of Mississippi;
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2020-03-17

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Simmons v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2001-12-13· cited 301×
• Harveston v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1986-08-20· cited 164×
• Crenshaw v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1988-02-10· cited 158×
• Jackson v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1989-07-06· cited 116×
• Gates v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1986-02-26· cited 97×
• Newsom v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1993-12-23· cited 70×
• Green v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1993-02-04· cited 46×
• Sanders v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1985-11-06· cited 39×
• Taylor v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1992-04-01· cited 25×
• Crawford v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1987-11-12· cited 24×
• Fowler v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1990-08-01· cited 17×
• Kelly v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 1999-03-23· cited 15×
• Shannon v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 1999-04-20· cited 14×
• Womack v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2000-09-05· cited 4×