Rogers v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• defendant could not be found guilty of aggravated assault of bystanders in bar when he fired handgun in self-defense and struck them while shooting at the person menacing him with a handgun
• “[W]hen an accused, acting in necessary self-defense, intends to injure or kill the aggressor only, unintentionally injures an innocent bystander, that transferred intent does not apply because the law justifies the accused’s actions towards the aggressor.”
• applying Miss. Code. Ann. § 97-3-17 in innocent bystander case

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Betts
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2022-07-29· cited 69×
• State v. Bellinger
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 2012-06-22· cited 26×
• Barron v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2013-06-04· cited 14×
• Natyyo Gray v. State of Mississippi
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2015-11-03· cited 13×
• McTiller v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2013-05-28· cited 11×
• Amy Denise Towles v. State of Mississippi
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2016-06-14· cited 3×
• Banton v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2010-07-20· cited 1×
• Daryl Lamont Redd a/k/a D-Bo v. State of Mississippi
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2023-07-27
• Earene Williams v. State of Mississippi
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2025-10-21

Cites

16 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• McClain v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1993-10-07· cited 941×
• Havard v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2006-02-09· cited 173×
• Day v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1991-11-06· cited 38×
• Beckum v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2005-12-13· cited 24×
• Birrages v. Illinois Cent. RR Co.
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2006-10-03· cited 22×
• Morris v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1999-09-30· cited 21×
• Livingston v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2006-05-30· cited 18×
• Nobles v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1985-02-20· cited 12×
• Dykes v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1957-01-06· cited 12×
• Tyler v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2001-01-30· cited 7×
• Bullard v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2005-10-18· cited 7×
• Davis v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2004-09-14· cited 5×
• Wright v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2001-09-25· cited 4×
• Larson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2006-11-07· cited 2×
• Dean v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 1998-12-18· cited 1×
• Pickens v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1956-12-03· cited 1×