Hunter v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• finding that the trial court committed reversible error in failing to instruct the jury on the underlying felony of robbery in a capital-murder case
• stating that “[i]t is rudimentary that the jury must be instructed regarding the elements of the crime with which the defendant is charged . . . even though the defendant did not present an acceptable instruction, the State was obligated to do so”
• stating that “[i]t is rudimentary that the jury must be instructed regarding the elements of the crime with which the defendant is charged . . . even though the defendant did not present an acceptable instruction, the State was obligated to do so”
• stating that “[i]t is rudimentary that the jury must be instructed regarding the elements of the crime with which the defendant is charged . . . even though the defendant did not present an acceptable instruction, the State was obligated to do so”
• \Failure to submit to the jury the essential elements of the crime is 'fundamental' error.\
• “The law is well established that an accused person can waive his right to counsel by initiating conversation with law enforcement.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Evans v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1997-09-11· cited 404×
• Holland v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1997-09-11· cited 380×
• Byrom v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2003-10-16· cited 320×
• Gray v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1998-08-06· cited 314×
• Simmons v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2001-12-13· cited 301×
• Underwood v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1998-02-12· cited 282×
• Bell v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1998-12-14· cited 275×
• Wells v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1997-06-12· cited 274×
• Howell v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2003-10-23· cited 267×
• Edwards v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1999-02-12· cited 245×
• Wilcher v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1997-03-13· cited 242×
• McGilberry v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1999-06-03· cited 242×
• Hughes v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1999-03-31· cited 231×
• Walker v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2005-03-31· cited 215×
• Brown v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2004-09-02· cited 212×
• Smith v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1998-12-10· cited 209×
• Turner v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1999-02-04· cited 202×
• Crawford v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1998-03-12· cited 197×
• Manning v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1998-06-25· cited 193×
• Woodward v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1997-12-18· cited 192×

Cites

65 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×
• Screws v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1945-05-07· cited 2,023×
• McDougall v. North Carolina
  Supreme Court· 1983-10-03· cited 975×
• Neal v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1984-05-23· cited 666×
• Gray v. Mississippi
  Supreme Court· 1987-05-18· cited 634×
• 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×
• Fisher v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1985-10-16· cited 457×
• Conner v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1994-03-17· cited 409×
• Cole v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1987-07-29· cited 352×
• Jenkins v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1992-09-10· cited 339×
• Heidel v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1991-09-11· cited 332×
• Nixon v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1987-11-25· cited 322×
• Mease v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1989-02-01· cited 318×
• Cole v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1995-11-30· cited 315×
• Turner v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1990-12-12· cited 313×
• Voyles v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1978-09-20· cited 283×
• Shell v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1989-11-29· cited 276×

Other cases named Hunter v. State

460 other CourtListener records share this case name; the 50 most cited are listed.

• Hunter v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1997-10-22· cited 264×
• Hunter v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1995-06-01· cited 175×
• Hunter v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1979-02-16· cited 112×
• Hunter v. State
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1969-02-14· cited 98×
• Hunter v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1991-12-05· cited 93×
• Hunter v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2001-08-22· cited 71×
• Hunter v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2002-12-30· cited 63×
• Hunter v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1983-03-23· cited 61×
• Hunter v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2002-04-04· cited 60×
• Hunter v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1977-03-03· cited 54×
• Hunter v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2007-11-07· cited 54×
• Hunter v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1991-09-20· cited 53×
• Hunter v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1973-12-03· cited 47×
• Hunter v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1980-06-24· cited 47×
• Hunter v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1918-11-16· cited 47×
• Hunter v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2008-09-25· cited 45×
• Hunter v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1979-01-31· cited 45×
• Hunter v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1981-05-12· cited 43×
• Hunter v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1975-12-17· cited 38×
• Hunter v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1986-05-28· cited 37×
• Hunter v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2000-12-01· cited 33×
• Hunter v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma· 1992-03-27· cited 29×
• Hunter v. State
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1972-12-18· cited 29×
• Hunter v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1994-05-20· cited 27×
• Hunter v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2008-04-01· cited 26×
• Hunter v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1988-09-21· cited 26×
• Hunter v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1986-05-21· cited 26×
• Hunter v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1989-01-12· cited 25×
• Hunter v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1955-02-09· cited 25×
• Hunter v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2008-09-25· cited 25×
• Hunter v. State
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1948-06-24· cited 25×
• Hunter v. State
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1928-12-08· cited 25×
• Hunter v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1991-04-11· cited 23×
• Hunter v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2000-06-22· cited 23×
• Hunter v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1983-02-21· cited 23×
• Hunter v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1991-01-31· cited 22×
• Hunter v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1959-04-22· cited 22×
• Hunter v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma· 1962-10-17· cited 21×
• Hunter v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1971-05-19· cited 21×
• Hunter v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1976-09-28· cited 20×
• Hunter v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 2003-03-05· cited 20×
• Hunter v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1939-06-14· cited 20×
• Hunter v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1980-10-01· cited 19×
• Hunter v. State
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2004-10-22· cited 19×
• Hunter v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1965-05-17· cited 19×
• Hunter v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1995-03-14· cited 18×
• Hunter v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2007-01-22· cited 18×
• Hunter v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1990-05-08· cited 18×
• Hunter v. State
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1934-03-12· cited 18×
• Hunter v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1923-01-25· cited 18×