Jenkins 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 victim characteristics evidence was admissible during penalty phase of capital murder prosecution; the evidence was proper and necessary to development of case and true characteristics of victim and could not have served in any way to incite jury
• finding that evidence that victim was a mother, that she was a wife of four years, and that she was shy and did not like to wear dresses because they exposed her legs was relevant
• finding that evidence that victim was a mother, that she was a wife of four years, and that she was shy and did not like to wear dresses because they exposed her legs was relevant
• approving the language in the first two sentences followed by the language set forth in Pinkney, 538 So.2d at 357
• finding that evidence that victim was a mother, that she was a wife of four years, and that she was shy and did not like to wear dresses because they exposed her legs was relevant
• finding that evidence that victim was a mother, that she was a wife of four years, and that she was shy and did not like to wear dresses because they exposed her legs was relevant

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

262 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×
• 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×
• Davis v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1995-06-08· cited 393×
• MacK v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1994-12-21· cited 383×
• Coleman v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1997-06-19· cited 382×
• Holland v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1997-09-11· cited 380×
• Blue v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1996-02-15· cited 332×
• Byrom v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2003-10-16· cited 320×
• Cole v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1995-11-30· cited 315×
• Gray v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1998-08-06· cited 314×
• Hunter v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1996-12-05· cited 307×
• Simmons v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2001-12-13· cited 301×
• Davis v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1996-06-27· cited 301×
• Jackson v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1996-12-05· cited 290×
• Underwood v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1998-02-12· cited 282×

Cites

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

• Malloy v. Hogan
  Supreme Court· 1964-06-15· cited 3,675×
• Payne v. Tennessee
  Supreme Court· 1991-09-13· cited 3,458×
• Booth v. Maryland
  Supreme Court· 1987-09-21· cited 1,501×
• Clemons v. Mississippi
  Supreme Court· 1990-04-17· cited 1,318×
• Saffle v. Parks
  Supreme Court· 1990-03-05· cited 1,054×
• South Carolina v. Gathers
  Supreme Court· 1989-08-30· cited 540×
• Hansen v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1991-12-18· cited 521×
• Williams v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1984-01-18· cited 461×
• John A. Spinkellink, 1 v. Louie L. Wainwright, Secretary, Florida Department of Offender Rehabilitation
  Fifth Circuit· 1978-08-21· cited 403×
• Willie v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1991-07-24· cited 380×
• Griffin v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1990-02-14· cited 375×
• Shell v. Mississippi
  Supreme Court· 1990-10-29· cited 353×
• Stringer v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1986-09-03· cited 351×
• Ladner v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1991-07-17· cited 343×
• MacKbee v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1990-12-27· cited 336×
• Coleman v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1979-12-19· cited 336×
• Pinkney v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1988-12-14· cited 316×
• Evans v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1982-11-03· cited 310×
• Smith v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1982-09-22· cited 301×
• West v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1989-10-04· cited 295×