Lewis v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• finding “where a prisoner is proceeding pro se, we shall take into consideration that fact, and in our discretion, not dismiss meritorious complaints simply because they are not artfully drafted”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

8 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Bell v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2004-05-20· cited 64×
• Garlotte v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2005-04-19· cited 21×
• Tate v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2007-07-17· cited 3×
• Frederick Bell v. State of Mississippi
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1993-01-27
• Breeden v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2012-08-28
• Trotter v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2014-11-04
• Garrick Miller a/k/a Garrick L. Miller v. State of Mississippi
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2024-11-26
• Jeremy Kent Manning a/k/a Jeremy Manning v. State of Mississippi
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2025-11-18

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Santobello v. New York
  Supreme Court· 1971-12-20· cited 5,257×
• Evans v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1997-09-11· cited 404×
• Myers v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1991-06-19· cited 177×
• Grubb v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1991-08-14· cited 147×
• Moore v. Ruth
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1990-02-07· cited 85×
• Ford v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1998-02-26· cited 72×
• Fuselier v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1995-04-20· cited 64×
• Smith v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1990-10-24· cited 62×
• Bang v. Pittman
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1999-09-09· cited 45×
• Salter v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1980-07-30· cited 36×
• Brooks v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1999-10-07· cited 35×
• United States v. Donald Jay Kettering
  Eleventh Circuit· 1988-12-08· cited 33×
• Dillon v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1994-08-18· cited 22×
• Rush v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1999-11-18· cited 16×