Musselwhite v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that petitioner was incompetent to be executed because his catatonic schizophrenia rendered him unable to “take account of [the] significance” of being “taken to the electric chair”
• holding that petitioner was incompetent to be executed because his catatonic schizophrenia rendered him unable to \take account of [the] significance\ of being \taken to the electric chair\
• hold- ing that petitioner was incompetent to be executed because his cata- tonic schizophrenia rendered him unable to \take account of [the] significance\ of being \taken to the electric chair\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

14 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Jimmy Lee Gray v. Eddie Lucas and the State of Mississippi
  Fifth Circuit· 1983-07-15· cited 70×
• Percy Levar Walton v. Gene M. Johnson, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections
  Fourth Circuit· 2006-03-09· cited 65×
• McGarrh v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1963-01-14· cited 42×
• Wheeler v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1953-03-16· cited 35×
• Wetzel v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1954-12-06· cited 28×
• Billiot v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1985-10-30· cited 27×
• State v. Pastet
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1975-06-24· cited 26×
• Jaquith v. Beckwith
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1963-11-12· cited 24×
• Petition of Broom for Writ of Error
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1964-10-12· cited 23×
• Lang v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1960-04-18· cited 12×
• Rogers v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1955-01-10· cited 9×
• Ford v. Wainwright
  Eleventh Circuit· 1985-01-17· cited 1×
• Ford ex rel. Ford v. Wainwright
  Eleventh Circuit· 1985-01-17· cited 1×
• Walton v. Johnson
  Fourth Circuit· 2006-03-09

Cites

4 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Louisiana Ex Rel. Francis v. Resweber
  Supreme Court· 1947-02-10· cited 571×
• Solesbee v. Balkcom
  Supreme Court· 1950-03-27· cited 155×
• Phyle v. Duffy
  Supreme Court· 1948-06-21· cited 59×
• Musselwhite v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1951-11-12· cited 33×