Neal 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 the lower court properly applied the correct legal standard since the burden of proof is preponderance of the evidence under the Post-Conviction Relief Act instead of a harmless error analysis
• “This is an appeal from an evidentiary hearing [on the denial of the right to testify]; therefore, this issue [of jury instructions] is not properly before this Court and will not be discussed.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Neal v. Puckett
  Fifth Circuit· 2002-03-15· cited 288×
• Carr v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2004-05-20· cited 107×
• White v. Yellow Freight System, Inc.
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2004-12-16· cited 52×
• Neal v. Puckett
  Fifth Circuit· 2001-01-18· cited 37×
• Marlon Latodd Howell v. State of Mississippi
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2014-10-09· cited 21×
• Busick v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2005-01-11· cited 17×
• Burns v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2004-06-24· cited 7×
• Wallace v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 1999-02-23· cited 6×
• Sherwood Dwayne Brown v. State of Mississippi
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2015-03-26· cited 6×
• Scott v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2008-03-18· cited 3×
• Neal v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2004-05-20· cited 2×
• Neal v. Puckett
  Fifth Circuit· 2001-01-22· cited 1×
• Meshell v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 1999-03-23· cited 1×
• Neal v. Puckett
  Fifth Circuit· 2002-04-24
• James B. Seaton v. State of Mississippi
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1996-07-08
• Stephen Virgil McGilberry v. State of Mississippi
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1996-02-12
• Joseph Daniel Burns v. State of Mississippi
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2003-02-19
• Billie K. White v. Yellow Freight System, Inc.
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2000-04-24
• Earl Wesley Berry v. State of Mississippi
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1992-06-25
• Anthony Carr v. State of Mississippi
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1990-09-19

Cites

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

• Dusky v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1960-04-18· cited 3,197×
• Maynard v. Cartwright
  Supreme Court· 1988-06-06· cited 1,367×
• Clemons v. Mississippi
  Supreme Court· 1990-04-17· cited 1,318×
• Neal v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1984-05-23· cited 666×
• Turner v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1990-12-12· cited 313×
• Bell v. City of Bay St. Louis
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1985-04-10· cited 178×
• Neal v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1988-06-03· cited 170×
• Hall v. Hilbun
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1985-02-27· cited 167×
• Schmitt v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1990-02-28· cited 152×
• Irving v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1986-06-30· cited 132×
• Hardy v. Brantley
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1985-05-22· cited 105×
• Detroit Marine Engineering v. McRee
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1987-02-25· cited 101×
• Rutland v. Pridgen
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1986-08-27· cited 97×
• McClendon v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1989-02-22· cited 95×
• Lockett v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1992-10-01· cited 93×
• Neal v. Mississippi
  Supreme Court· 1984-12-10· cited 93×
• Buchanan v. Buchanan
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1991-12-18· cited 92×
• Rumbaugh v. Procunier
  Fifth Circuit· 1985-02-20· cited 69×
• Henry v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1986-02-26· cited 65×
• Ruffin v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1985-12-04· cited 64×