Killingsworth v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• “[w]hile it is true that a conviction for rape may rest on the uncorroborated testimony of the person raped, that testimony should always be scrutinized with caution.”
• “While it is true that a conviction for rape may rest on the uncorroborated testimony of the person raped, that testimony should always be scrutinized with caution.”
• “While it is true that a conviction for rape may rest on the uncorroborated testimony of the person raped, that testimony should always be scrutinized with caution.”
• “While it is true that a conviction for rape may rest on the uncorroborated testimony of the person raped, that testimony should always be scrutinized with caution.” (citing Richardson v. State, 17 So. 2d 799 (1944))

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• McFee v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1987-07-22· cited 451×
• Stringer v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1986-09-03· cited 351×
• West v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1986-04-16· cited 277×
• Collier v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1998-05-14· cited 194×
• Poole v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2010-08-12· cited 89×
• Otis v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1982-08-11· cited 34×
• Parramore v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2009-03-26· cited 17×
• Goss v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1982-05-19· cited 16×
• Armstead v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1998-06-11· cited 15×
• Jackson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2000-08-29· cited 15×
• Winston v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 1998-12-18· cited 10×
• Campbell v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 1999-09-28· cited 10×
• Green v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2004-09-21· cited 9×
• Ross v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2010-06-15· cited 1×
• Jeff Douglas v. State of Mississippi
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1993-03-24
• Roosevelt Dexter Armstead v. State of Mississippi
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1996-05-31
• Johnny Collier v. State of Mississippi
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1996-05-21
• Calvin Winston v. State of Mississippi
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1996-02-12
• Samuel Parramore v. State of Mississippi
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2006-06-21
• James David Poole v. State of Mississippi
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2009-02-27

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Cummings v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1969-02-24· cited 47×
• Sumrall v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1972-01-24· cited 31×
• Sumrall v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1973-02-05· cited 30×
• McDonald v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1973-11-05· cited 25×
• Pegram v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1955-02-28· cited 18×
• Brown v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1955-06-13· cited 14×
• Ladnier v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1966-01-24· cited 12×