Nixon v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• held that killing of wife was especially heinous, atrocious, and cruel, where shot were fired at husband in presence of wife, prior killing of wife
• overruled on other 81 grounds by Wharton v. State, 734 So. 2d 985 (Miss. 1998)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Johnson v. Mississippi
  Supreme Court· 1988-06-13· cited 792×
• Hansen v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1991-12-18· cited 521×
• Ballenger v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1995-11-22· cited 508×
• Foster v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1994-04-28· cited 467×
• Chase v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1994-02-24· cited 466×
• Walker v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1995-10-12· cited 460×
• Conner v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1994-03-17· cited 409×
• Taylor v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1996-04-25· cited 406×
• Evans v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1997-09-11· cited 404×
• Carr v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1995-02-02· cited 403×
• Davis v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1995-06-08· cited 393×
• Holland v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1991-09-11· cited 388×
• MacK v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1994-12-21· cited 383×
• Holland v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1997-09-11· cited 380×
• Griffin v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1990-02-14· cited 375×
• Ladner v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1991-07-17· cited 343×
• Blue v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1996-02-15· cited 332×
• Lanier v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1988-11-02· cited 330×
• Byrom v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2003-10-16· cited 320×
• Pinkney v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1988-12-14· cited 316×

Cites

131 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×
• Batson v. Kentucky
  Supreme Court· 1986-04-30· cited 16,401×
• Glasser v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1942-02-09· cited 10,035×
• Neil v. Biggers
  Supreme Court· 1972-12-06· cited 7,056×
• Simmons v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1968-03-18· cited 6,700×
• United States v. Cronic
  Supreme Court· 1984-05-14· cited 6,497×
• Stovall v. Denno
  Supreme Court· 1967-06-12· cited 6,066×
• Cuyler v. Sullivan
  Supreme Court· 1980-05-12· cited 5,389×
• Manson v. Brathwaite
  Supreme Court· 1977-06-16· cited 5,119×
• United States v. Young
  Supreme Court· 1985-02-20· cited 4,689×
• Berger v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1935-04-15· cited 4,581×
• Ake v. Oklahoma
  Supreme Court· 1985-02-26· cited 3,332×
• Kirby v. Illinois
  Supreme Court· 1972-06-07· cited 3,001×
• Holloway v. Arkansas
  Supreme Court· 1978-04-03· cited 2,478×
• Zant v. Stephens
  Supreme Court· 1983-06-22· cited 2,410×
• Burger v. Kemp
  Supreme Court· 1987-09-21· cited 1,706×
• Krulewitch v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1949-03-28· cited 1,293×
• Neal v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1984-05-23· cited 666×
• Stringer v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1984-08-15· cited 648×
• Billiot v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1984-06-06· cited 479×

Other cases named Nixon v. State

104 other CourtListener records share this case name; the 50 most cited are listed.

• Nixon v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1990-11-29· cited 85×
• Nixon v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1978-10-18· cited 68×
• Nixon v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 9th Dist. (Beaumont)· 1996-07-10· cited 43×
• Nixon v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2009-01-22· cited 40×
• Nixon v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 1997-03-12· cited 35×
• Nixon v. State
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 2002-08-05· cited 35×
• Nixon v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2006-04-20· cited 28×
• Nixon v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1954-05-21· cited 28×
• Nixon v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1979-09-19· cited 27×
• Nixon v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2003-07-10· cited 25×
• Nixon v. State
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 2000-04-10· cited 25×
• Nixon v. State
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 1999-12-22· cited 20×
• Nixon v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1914-01-20· cited 20×
• Nixon v. State
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1973-09-06· cited 19×
• Nixon v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1983-07-13· cited 19×
• Nixon v. State
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1958-09-11· cited 19×
• Nixon v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1993-06-04· cited 19×
• Nixon v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1986-09-03· cited 15×
• Nixon v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1996-12-31· cited 15×
• Nixon v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1994-07-21· cited 15×
• Nixon v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1986-03-04· cited 14×
• Nixon v. State
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 2001-02-13· cited 12×
• Nixon v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1881-11-15· cited 12×
• Nixon v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-10-07· cited 11×
• Nixon v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 7th Dist. (Amarillo)· 2004-08-31· cited 11×
• Nixon v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1965-09-21· cited 11×
• Nixon v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1976-08-17· cited 11×
• Nixon v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1986-09-23· cited 9×
• Nixon v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1954-02-03· cited 9×
• Nixon v. State
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2005-09-30· cited 9×
• Nixon v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1958-01-08· cited 8×
• Nixon v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1904-11-10· cited 8×
• Nixon v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1897-06-16· cited 7×
• Nixon v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2000-12-12· cited 5×
• Nixon v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1966-10-05· cited 5×
• Nixon v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1967-12-15· cited 5×
• Nixon v. State
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1954-05-20· cited 5×
• Nixon v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1995-08-09· cited 4×
• Nixon v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2009-01-12· cited 4×
• Nixon v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2002-11-12· cited 4×
• Nixon v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1997-06-04· cited 4×
• Nixon v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1886-01-26· cited 4×
• Nixon v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1996-04-23· cited 4×
• Nixon v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1976-06-14· cited 3×
• Nixon v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1992-08-11· cited 3×
• Nixon v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2006-03-03· cited 3×
• Nixon v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1989-01-11· cited 3×
• Nixon v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 9th Dist. (Beaumont)· 1996-07-10· cited 3×
• Nixon v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1992-02-19· cited 3×
• Nixon v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1872-07-01· cited 3×