Simpkins 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, based on the obvious severity of the wound, combined with the victim's almost immediate collapse and inability to breathe, trial court did not abuse its discretion in admitting testimony about victim’s statement

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Cited by

3 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Humphrey v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1998-03-26· cited 29×
• Plessy v. State
  Court of Appeals of Arkansas· 2012-01-18· cited 16×
• Malik Dority v. State of Arkansas
  Court of Appeals of Arkansas· 2025-12-10· cited 1×

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Pope v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1977-11-28· cited 44×
• Johninson v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1994-07-05· cited 27×
• Thompson v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1991-07-01· cited 21×
• Smith v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1981-05-26· cited 20×
• Owens v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1994-09-26· cited 12×
• Britt v. State
  Court of Appeals of Arkansas· 1983-02-02· cited 10×
• Jones v. State
  Court of Appeals of Arkansas· 1981-05-13· cited 8×
• Bargery v. State
  Court of Appeals of Arkansas· 1992-03-04· cited 8×
• Bohannon v. Rutland
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1981-05-26· cited 3×