Massey v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• “Words alone, however, do not constitute sufficient provocation, especially words that are not intentionally designed to provoke.”
• “The only difference between murder and voluntary manslaughter is the existence of sudden heat . . . .”
• an expression of one’s desire to end a relationship cannot, as a matter of law, constitute sufficient provocation to induce passion that renders a reasonable person incapable of cool reflection

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• John R. Myers II v. State of Indiana
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2015-05-28· cited 24×
• Charles A. Walker v. State of Indiana
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2013-05-22· cited 19×
• James Roberson v. State of Indiana
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2013-02-14· cited 19×
• Jason Tibbs v. State of Indiana
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2016-09-08· cited 11×
• Andrew McWhorter v. State of Indiana
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2012-07-12· cited 7×
• McKinley Juner Phillips v. State of Minnesota
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 2024-06-12· cited 2×
• Sergio A. Villanueva v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2015-05-28
• Christopher W. Hovis v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2015-07-16
• Cecil J. Black, Jr. v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2015-08-12
• Shepell Orr v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2015-10-07
• Alan W. Jenkins v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2015-10-14
• Lamar Crawford v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2016-09-14
• Kenneth D. Alvies v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2016-10-27
• Joseph Miller v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2017-04-05
• Michael E. Deferbrache v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2017-04-26
• Kenneth Frye v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2017-05-31
• James A. Briley, Jr. v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2017-06-20
• Mark Bonds v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2017-07-19
• Matthew C. Foster v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2017-11-30
• Daniel P. Brewington v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2018-07-10

Cites

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

• Strickland v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 123,578×
• Timberlake v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2001-08-20· cited 787×
• Fisher v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2004-06-17· cited 377×
• Bieghler v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1997-12-18· cited 316×
• Davidson v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2010-05-25· cited 301×
• Stevens v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2002-06-26· cited 262×
• Reed v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2006-11-15· cited 249×
• Fajardo v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2007-01-16· cited 202×
• Wrinkles v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2001-06-29· cited 196×
• Wooley v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1999-09-29· cited 145×
• Ritchie v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2007-11-08· cited 121×
• Overstreet v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2007-11-27· cited 112×
• Kien v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2003-01-28· cited 105×
• Baird v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1992-12-01· cited 102×
• Boesch v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2002-11-25· cited 101×
• Taylor v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1999-10-01· cited 101×
• Benefield v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2011-04-14· cited 82×
• Evans v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2000-05-04· cited 62×
• Watts v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2008-05-13· cited 60×
• William A. Sanders v. Zettie Cotton
  Seventh Circuit· 2005-01-31· cited 57×