Pearson v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• “[I]t is not ordinarily necessary to designate the statute under which an indictment is drawn, and an indictment which properly charges the commission of a crime, in the language of the statute, or in words aptly describing or charging the offense, is sufficient.” (citations omitted)
• “[I]t is not ordinarily necessary to designate the statute under which an indictment is drawn, and an indictment which properly charges the commission of a crime, in the language of the statute, or in words aptly describing or charging the offense, is sufficient.” (citations omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

19 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Fulgham v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2010-10-28· cited 70×
• Hollingsworth v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1981-01-07· cited 35×
• Spears v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2006-11-16· cited 30×
• Alston v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1972-02-07· cited 29×
• Stinson v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1979-09-26· cited 20×
• Burge v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1973-06-29· cited 18×
• Moore v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1972-06-19· cited 13×
• Kenneth R. Goldsmith v. State of Mississippi
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2016-05-17· cited 13×
• Winters v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2010-11-04· cited 10×
• Presley v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2008-03-18· cited 8×
• Burrill v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1976-03-02· cited 8×
• Smith v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1973-05-28· cited 6×
• Seales v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2012-03-29· cited 4×
• Purdy v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1972-06-26· cited 1×
• Brian Spears v. State of Mississippi
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2004-03-18
• Jeremy Winters v. State of Mississippi
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2008-01-15
• Kristi Leigh Fulgham v. State of Mississippi
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2006-12-09
• Kenneth R. Goldsmith v. State of Mississippi
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2016-01-05
• Kadedria Hampton v. State of Mississippi
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2021-01-21

Cites

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

• Richburger v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1907-03-15· cited 25×
• Sullivan v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1889-10-15· cited 23×
• Simmons v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1950-03-13· cited 19×
• Dendy v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1955-05-09· cited 18×
• Autry v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1957-03-04· cited 16×
• Davis v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1874-04-15· cited 12×
• Foster v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1876-10-15· cited 11×
• Snowden v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1884-10-15· cited 11×
• Jones v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1872-07-01· cited 10×
• State v. Presley
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1907-10-15· cited 9×
• Beatty v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1883-10-15· cited 8×
• Golden v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1886-04-15· cited 8×
• Rawls v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1893-03-15· cited 8×
• State v. Bardwell
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1895-03-15· cited 8×
• Littlejohn v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1881-10-15· cited 7×
• Folks v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1957-02-11· cited 7×
• Burgess v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1962-10-08· cited 7×
• Coggins v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1958-11-17· cited 6×
• Smith v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1952-05-26· cited 5×
• Payne v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1879-10-15· cited 4×