Lofton 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 a jury instruction proper where it required the jury to find that the defendant’s actions were “for the wilful, unlawful and felonious purpose of then and there gratifying [the defendant’s] lust”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

12 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Walker v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2004-05-27· cited 34×
• Flaggs v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2008-05-27· cited 12×
• Smith v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2005-02-08· cited 5×
• Fountain v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2012-04-10· cited 4×
• Harrison v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2010-12-09· cited 4×
• Saunders v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2011-03-22· cited 1×
• Freddie Walker v. State of Mississippi
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2002-02-08
• Elzie Junior Harrison v. State of Mississippi
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2009-07-16
• Ricky E. Roberson v. State of Mississippi
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2017-09-05
• Calvin Giles v. State of Mississippi
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2019-06-25
• Irons v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2004-04-06
• Brandon Dewayne Chamblee a/k/a Brandon Wayne Chamblee a/k/a Brandon Chamblee v. State of Mississippi
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2025-12-09

Cites

15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Wells v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1997-06-12· cited 274×
• Floyd v. City of Crystal Springs
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1999-11-24· cited 198×
• DeLoach v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1998-10-08· cited 121×
• Stokes v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1989-07-19· cited 77×
• Fielder v. Magnolia Beverage Co.
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1999-04-29· cited 74×
• Forrest v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1976-08-03· cited 71×
• Alexander v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1992-06-10· cited 44×
• Webster v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2000-01-27· cited 40×
• Buckhalter v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1985-11-13· cited 33×
• Lacy v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1993-12-16· cited 32×
• Prewitt v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 1999-12-14· cited 17×
• Johnson v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2001-08-23· cited 15×
• Levy v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 1998-11-24· cited 9×
• Wooten v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2001-02-06· cited 8×
• King v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2000-11-14· cited 1×