Pham 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 when the State does not seek the death penalty for capital murder, “a trial judge may impose the only possible sentence”—life without the possibility of parole—“without formally returning the matter to the jury for sentencing”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Brown v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2004-09-02· cited 212×
• Flowers v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2003-04-03· cited 164×
• Branch v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2004-05-27· cited 121×
• Thorson v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2004-11-04· cited 78×
• Horne v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2002-08-22· cited 47×
• Byrom v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2006-01-19· cited 37×
• Natyyo Gray v. State of Mississippi
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2015-11-03· cited 13×
• Fred Harrell v. State of Mississippi
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2014-12-02· cited 11×
• Barnes v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2000-06-27· cited 10×
• Daughtery v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2003-06-03· cited 10×
• Ellis v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2003-05-20· cited 10×
• Randle v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2002-08-15· cited 10×
• Fair v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2000-08-29· cited 4×
• Maye v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2009-11-17· cited 4×
• Williams v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2011-12-06· cited 4×
• Johnson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2016-05-10· cited 3×
• Davis v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 1999-03-23· cited 3×
• Bell v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2001-10-09· cited 2×
• OnealiusTerrell Sheppard v. State of Mississippi
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1998-09-18
• Jeffrey Randle v. State of Mississippi
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1999-10-02

Cites

13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Hansen v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1991-12-18· cited 521×
• Russell v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1992-08-12· cited 253×
• Peterson v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1996-02-22· cited 202×
• Terrain Enterprises, Inc. v. Mockbee
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1995-04-13· cited 122×
• Hentz v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1989-04-19· cited 94×
• Burt v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1986-09-10· cited 75×
• Gayten v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1992-02-19· cited 69×
• Williams v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1983-02-09· cited 52×
• Johnson v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1995-12-07· cited 43×
• ESELIN-BULLOCK & ASSO'S INS. AGENCY, INC. v. National General Ins. Co.
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1992-06-03· cited 39×
• Johnson v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1995-04-27· cited 38×
• Bullock v. HARPOLE, S. ST. PENITENTIARY
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1958-05-12· cited 25×
• Mickel v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1992-04-22· cited 16×