Lacy v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• \Parties are bound by what they promise in writing. But we are not bound to adopt a construction not compelled by the instrument in which we would have to believe no man in his right mind would have agreed to.\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Evans v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1997-09-11· cited 404×
• Eakes v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1995-10-26· cited 240×
• Smith v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1998-12-10· cited 219×
• Mangum v. Hargett
  Fifth Circuit· 1995-10-19· cited 55×
• Lewis v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1998-12-17· cited 28×
• Anthony v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2013-01-17· cited 26×
• GULFSIDE CASINO v. Mississippi State Port Auth.
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2000-03-30· cited 17×
• Gilbert v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2010-11-10· cited 15×
• Scarborough v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2007-05-15· cited 14×
• Hickson v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1997-06-19· cited 14×
• Lofton v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2002-05-28· cited 12×
• Turner v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2002-06-06· cited 10×
• Maldonado v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2001-07-24· cited 9×
• Houston v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 1999-04-20· cited 7×
• State v. Riggs
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1996-10-21· cited 6×
• Adams v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 1998-12-30· cited 6×
• State v. Taggart
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1996-10-21· cited 4×
• Womack v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2000-09-05· cited 4×
• Franklin v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2000-05-23· cited 3×
• Lacy v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2001-12-11· cited 2×

Cites

18 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• People v. Hannon
  California Supreme Court· 1977-06-08· cited 201×
• Crenshaw v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1988-02-10· cited 158×
• Tolbert v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1987-08-12· cited 116×
• Alexander v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1992-09-10· cited 111×
• Sayles v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1989-11-08· cited 97×
• Marks v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1988-08-31· cited 96×
• State v. Murphy
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1978-02-21· cited 81×
• Conerly v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1989-05-10· cited 70×
• Baine v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1992-06-10· cited 52×
• Evans v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1986-12-17· cited 36×
• Buckhalter v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1985-11-13· cited 33×
• People v. VanZile
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1977-05-23· cited 33×
• Mattox v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1961-03-20· cited 30×
• Dalgo v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1983-03-30· cited 28×
• Osborne v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1981-10-07· cited 23×
• Holmes v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1988-12-21· cited 21×
• Jackson v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1984-06-06· cited 15×
• Hamilton v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1967-03-27· cited 12×