Johnson v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• where facts which constitute criminal offense fall under either of two statutes, or where there is doubt as to which statute should apply, statute prescribing lesser penalty will govern
• “[W]hen the facts which constitute a criminal offense may fall under either of two statutes, or when there is substantial doubt as to which of the two is to be applied, the case will be referred to the statute which imposes the lesser punishment.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Chase v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1994-02-24· cited 466×
• Turner v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1990-12-12· cited 313×
• Leatherwood v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1983-08-17· cited 309×
• Howell v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2003-10-23· cited 267×
• Milano v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2001-04-26· cited 170×
• Irving v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1986-06-30· cited 132×
• Scott v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2004-06-10· cited 125×
• Winters v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1984-02-15· cited 80×
• Fermo v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1979-05-09· cited 59×
• Randy Charles Wilson v. State of Mississippi
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2016-06-23· cited 57×
• Mayfield v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1992-12-31· cited 46×
• Wolf v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1972-03-27· cited 38×
• Murray v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2003-07-24· cited 37×
• Sumrell v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2008-01-10· cited 33×
• Jefferson v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1980-07-30· cited 32×
• Joyce v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1976-01-06· cited 23×
• Commonwealth v. Cobbs
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-05-23· cited 17×
• Anderson v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1974-01-21· cited 12×
• Holland v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1972-06-12· cited 8×
• Neves v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1972-11-13· cited 6×

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• United States v. Union Supply Co.
  Supreme Court· 1909-11-08· cited 66×
• McCullen v. State Ex Rel. Alexander
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1953-04-13· cited 44×
• United States v. Hood
  Supreme Court· 1952-03-31· cited 39×
• Thornhill v. Ford
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1952-01-14· cited 39×
• BELLEW v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1958-11-03· cited 29×
• State v. Sansome
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1923-11-05· cited 25×
• In Re Rogers
  California Court of Appeal· 1937-04-16· cited 24×
• Ott v. State ex rel. Lowery
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1900-10-15· cited 15×
• Lester v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1950-05-08· cited 13×