Merritt v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• \[T]here is no law requiring employment of a forensic pathologist as a prerequisite to defense counsel being considered constitutionally effective.\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Cole v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1995-11-30· cited 315×
• State v. Tokman
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1990-04-25· cited 287×
• Mohr v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1991-08-07· cited 256×
• Minnick v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1988-12-14· cited 249×
• Cabello v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1988-04-06· cited 175×
• Schmitt v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1990-02-28· cited 152×
• Duplantis v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1998-03-12· cited 147×
• Handley v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1990-12-27· cited 147×
• Reynolds v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1988-03-09· cited 127×
• Brown v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2001-08-09· cited 125×
• McClendon v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1989-02-22· cited 95×
• Hyde v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2006-03-03· cited 87×
• Leatherwood v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1989-02-22· cited 78×
• Smith v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1994-12-01· cited 73×
• Fisher v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1988-09-14· cited 61×
• Littlejohn v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1992-01-15· cited 45×
• McGee v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1990-10-24· cited 44×
• Gatlin v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1998-12-10· cited 44×
• Woodward v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2003-03-06· cited 34×
• Christmas v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1997-06-12· cited 33×

Cites

19 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Strickland v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 123,578×
• Neal v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1984-05-23· cited 666×
• Stringer v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1986-09-03· cited 351×
• Jones v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1984-11-28· cited 325×
• Gavin v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1985-07-31· cited 194×
• Hall v. Hilbun
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1985-02-27· cited 167×
• Carr v. Carr
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1985-11-13· cited 96×
• Norris v. Norris
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1986-11-19· cited 90×
• Culberson v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1982-04-21· cited 78×
• Brooks v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1950-05-08· cited 75×
• McDaniel v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1978-03-15· cited 64×
• Ferguson v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1987-05-06· cited 59×
• Waldrop v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1987-04-22· cited 50×
• Johnson v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1987-05-27· cited 46×
• Alexander v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1987-02-18· cited 38×
• Stewart v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1969-12-01· cited 32×
• Mann v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1986-06-04· cited 22×
• Merritt v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1976-11-02· cited 12×
• Fielder v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1959-02-02· cited 7×