Martin 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 defendant waived and abandoned motion for change of venue by failing to obtain ruling from court
• permitting jury instruction for manslaughter based on cruel and unusual manner “where it was uncontroverted that the deceased [a child] was the victim of a brutal beating”
• permitting jury instruction for manslaughter based on cruel and unusual manner “where it was uncontroverted that the deceased [a child] was the victim of a brutal beating”
• no abuse of discretion by admitting photographs in child abuse case where pictures of deceased child showed bruises, contusions and injuries on the body
• no abuse of discretion by admitting photographs in child abuse case where pictures of deceased child showed bruises, contusions and injuries on the body
• applying procedural bar to motion to change venue

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Wetz v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1987-02-25· cited 619×
• Billiot v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1984-06-06· cited 479×
• Evans v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1997-09-11· cited 404×
• Ross v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2007-04-26· cited 361×
• Floyd v. City of Crystal Springs
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1999-11-24· cited 198×
• Chamberlin v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2008-07-17· cited 119×
• Berry v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1999-01-14· cited 115×
• Wright v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1989-02-22· cited 88×
• Monk v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1988-10-12· cited 83×
• Smith v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1990-10-24· cited 62×
• Rushing v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1998-04-16· cited 62×
• Johnson v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1984-12-19· cited 57×
• James Robert Rowsey v. State of Mississippi
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2015-12-03· cited 43×
• Oby v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2002-10-01· cited 18×
• McGee v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1978-12-13· cited 13×
• Craft v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2002-10-24· cited 10×
• Booker v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2011-06-23· cited 10×
• Hammock v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1980-01-30· cited 8×
• Biggs v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 1999-04-20· cited 7×
• Leroy Harris v. State of Mississippi
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2015-08-18· cited 6×

Cites

13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Glass v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1973-05-14· cited 111×
• Baker v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1976-02-10· cited 61×
• Tippit v. Hunter
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1967-12-11· cited 33×
• Rayner v. Lindsey
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1962-03-19· cited 33×
• Hancock v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1950-10-02· cited 27×
• Mallette v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1977-09-07· cited 21×
• Lee v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1976-10-12· cited 20×
• Jones v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1973-06-05· cited 15×
• Patterson v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1974-02-04· cited 14×
• Breakfield v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1973-04-02· cited 7×
• Robinson v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1955-02-28· cited 5×
• Duck v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1971-05-10· cited 3×
• Johnson v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1976-12-21· cited 3×