Lester 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 issue waived where defense counsel failed to object to prosecutor's comments at trial
• finding the indictment was impermissibly amended during trial to change dates and add multiple battery offenses
• \evidence of an offer to take a polygraph is only admissible to support the credibility of a witness whose veracity has previously been attacked\
• defendant opened the door to subject on cross-examination through witness's testimony on direct
• overruled on other grounds by Manning v. State, 1999 WL 174246 (Miss. Mar. 31, 1999). In Lester, the Mississippi Supreme Court stated that: URCCC 9.04(I
• \courts would be hard-pressed to find people in Hinds County these days who have not at one time or another been victims of crime\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Evans v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1997-09-11· cited 404×
• Holland v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1997-09-11· cited 380×
• Byrom v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2003-10-16· cited 320×
• Gray v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1998-08-06· cited 314×
• Simmons v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2001-12-13· cited 301×
• Underwood v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1998-02-12· cited 282×
• Bell v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1998-12-14· cited 275×
• Wells v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1997-06-12· cited 274×
• Puckett v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1999-03-25· cited 271×
• Howell v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2003-10-23· cited 267×
• Manning v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1999-03-31· cited 266×
• Edwards v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1999-02-12· cited 245×
• McGilberry v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1999-06-03· cited 242×
• Watts v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1999-01-28· cited 232×
• Hughes v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1999-03-31· cited 231×
• Walker v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2005-03-31· cited 215×
• Brown v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2004-09-02· cited 212×
• Smith v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1998-12-10· cited 209×
• Turner v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1999-02-04· cited 202×
• Crawford v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1998-03-12· cited 197×

Cites

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

• Batson v. Kentucky
  Supreme Court· 1986-04-30· cited 16,401×
• Furman v. Georgia
  Supreme Court· 1972-06-29· cited 5,066×
• Powell v. Alabama
  Supreme Court· 1932-11-07· cited 4,979×
• Penry v. Lynaugh
  Supreme Court· 1989-06-26· cited 2,957×
• Huddleston v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1988-05-02· cited 2,215×
• Stirone v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1960-01-11· cited 2,073×
• Godfrey v. Georgia
  Supreme Court· 1980-05-19· cited 1,672×
• Saffle v. Parks
  Supreme Court· 1990-03-05· cited 1,054×
• Franklin v. Lynaugh
  Supreme Court· 1988-09-15· cited 852×
• Minnick v. Mississippi
  Supreme Court· 1990-12-03· cited 848×
• Neal v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1984-05-23· cited 666×
• Blystone v. Pennsylvania
  Supreme Court· 1990-02-28· cited 551×
• Hansen v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1991-12-18· cited 521×
• Billiot v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1984-06-06· cited 479×
• May v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1984-11-07· cited 475×
• Foster v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1994-04-28· cited 467×
• Chase v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1994-02-24· cited 466×
• Williams v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1984-01-18· cited 461×
• McFee v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1987-07-22· cited 451×
• Lockett v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1987-09-30· cited 443×

Other cases named Lester v. State

100 other CourtListener records share this case name; the 50 most cited are listed.

• Lester v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1896-01-15· cited 79×
• Lester v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-05-06· cited 69×
• Lester v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1984-09-05· cited 62×
• Lester v. State
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1965-07-06· cited 49×
• Lester v. State
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1960-06-02· cited 28×
• Lester v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1999-07-01· cited 23×
• Lester v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-03-15· cited 22×
• Lester v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2003-11-05· cited 19×
• Lester v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1978-04-04· cited 17×
• Lester v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma· 1966-07-22· cited 14×
• Lester v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma· 1965-12-22· cited 14×
• Lester v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2002-07-16· cited 14×
• Lester v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-03-30· cited 14×
• Lester v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1923-07-10· cited 14×
• Lester v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-10-05· cited 14×
• Lester v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1950-05-08· cited 13×
• Lester v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1992-02-06· cited 13×
• Lester v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1973-04-11· cited 12×
• Lester v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1999-06-25· cited 12×
• Lester v. State
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1836-06-15· cited 12×
• Lester v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1899-02-01· cited 11×
• Lester v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1990-06-14· cited 10×
• Lester v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1970-06-23· cited 10×
• Lester v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1862-01-15· cited 10×
• Lester v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2000-02-09· cited 9×
• Lester v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2009-07-15· cited 9×
• Lester v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1990-04-03· cited 9×
• Lester v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1985-05-29· cited 9×
• Lester v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2005-02-04· cited 8×
• Lester v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2004-01-06· cited 8×
• Lester v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1984-01-25· cited 8×
• Lester v. State
  Alabama Court of Appeals· 1959-11-10· cited 8×
• Lester v. State
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1846-01-15· cited 7×
• Lester v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1985-01-17· cited 6×
• Lester v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2000-02-29· cited 6×
• Lester v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1973-02-21· cited 6×
• Lester v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1878-05-15· cited 6×
• Lester v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma· 1977-04-08· cited 5×
• Lester v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-08-28· cited 5×
• Lester v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-06-14· cited 5×
• Lester v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1984-11-14· cited 5×
• Lester v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1935-04-19· cited 5×
• Lester v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1982-09-23· cited 4×
• Lester v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2000-11-29· cited 4×
• Lester v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-08-12· cited 3×
• Lester v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2006-03-24· cited 3×
• Lester v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2009-12-23· cited 3×
• Lester v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1994-11-17· cited 3×
• Lester v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1974-02-07· cited 3×
• Lester v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1989-01-26· cited 2×