Jones v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• testimony of child witness to be considered in light of age and understanding; instruction regarding veracity not allowable
• “The classic example for allowing the use of leading questions is where a child is a witness.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Ballenger v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1995-11-22· cited 508×
• Chase v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1994-02-24· cited 466×
• Evans v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1997-09-11· cited 404×
• Gray v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1998-08-06· cited 314×
• Duplantis v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1994-10-27· cited 296×
• Eakes v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1995-10-26· cited 240×
• Watts v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1999-01-28· cited 232×
• Hughes v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1999-03-31· cited 231×
• Smith v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1998-12-10· cited 219×
• Hoglund v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2012-03-08· cited 176×
• Smith v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1999-02-25· cited 156×
• Nicholson on Behalf of Gollott v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1996-04-18· cited 115×
• McFarland v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1998-02-26· cited 104×
• Robinson v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1995-10-26· cited 87×
• Hennington v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1997-11-20· cited 83×
• Smith v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2006-03-30· cited 75×
• Smith v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1994-12-01· cited 73×
• Paracelsus Health Care Corp. v. Willard
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1999-11-04· cited 67×
• US FIDELITY & GUAR. COMPANY v. Estate of Francis
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2002-08-29· cited 59×
• Jordan v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2008-10-02· cited 58×

Cites

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

• United States v. John Louis Iron Shell, Jr.
  Eighth Circuit· 1980-10-24· cited 419×
• Willie v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1991-07-24· cited 380×
• United States v. Harvey M. Renville
  Eighth Circuit· 1985-12-11· cited 368×
• West v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1989-10-04· cited 295×
• State v. Robinson
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1987-04-07· cited 253×
• Fairchild v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1984-11-07· cited 201×
• Davis v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1988-08-17· cited 180×
• United States v. Eneas Lavern Nick
  Ninth Circuit· 1979-10-18· cited 177×
• Crenshaw v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1988-02-10· cited 158×
• Thornhill v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1989-11-22· cited 127×
• House v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1984-01-25· cited 121×
• Hall v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1989-02-09· cited 91×
• Mitchell v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1989-02-27· cited 86×
• Veal v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1991-08-07· cited 80×
• Goodson v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1990-07-11· cited 74×
• Howard v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1987-04-08· cited 70×
• Barnwell v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1990-08-22· cited 63×
• Ponder v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1976-08-03· cited 61×
• Williams v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1989-02-27· cited 44×
• McGee v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1990-10-24· cited 44×