Smith v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• reversing conviction due to prosecutorial misconduct in manner of questioning witnesses and resulting denial of a fair trial, citing numerous cases
• appellant was repeatedly subjected to irrelevant, inflammatory, and prejudicial evidence which denied him the right to a fair and impartial trial
• prosecutors making an accusation that accused had habitually engaged in prostitution reversible error
• insinuating criminal conduct unsupported by any proof
• insinuating criminal conduct unsupported by any proof

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Lester v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1997-05-07· cited 278×
• Puckett v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1999-03-25· cited 271×
• McGilberry v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1999-06-03· cited 242×
• Flowers v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2000-12-21· cited 222×
• Johnson v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1985-09-04· cited 202×
• De La Beckwith v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1997-12-22· cited 151×
• Irving v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1986-06-30· cited 132×
• Alexander v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1992-09-10· cited 111×
• Boches v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1987-04-29· cited 96×
• Livingston v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1988-04-27· cited 95×
• Griffin v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1987-03-04· cited 72×
• Acevedo v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1985-04-10· cited 71×
• Hickson v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1985-06-05· cited 65×
• Horne v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1986-05-07· cited 45×
• Gallion v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1985-05-22· cited 35×
• Shoemaker v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1987-02-18· cited 32×
• Booker v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1987-05-13· cited 29×
• Hughes v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1985-05-29· cited 26×
• Barnette v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1985-10-30· cited 25×
• Mickell v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1999-03-25· cited 23×

Cites

18 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Ashe v. Swenson
  Supreme Court· 1970-04-20· cited 4,277×
• Curry v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1971-05-24· cited 178×
• Forrest v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1976-08-03· cited 71×
• Williams v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1983-02-09· cited 52×
• Sanders v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1983-03-16· cited 48×
• Henderson v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1984-08-01· cited 40×
• Allison v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1973-03-12· cited 35×
• Howell v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1982-03-24· cited 35×
• Wood v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1972-01-17· cited 28×
• Tudor v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1974-09-03· cited 28×
• Stewart v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1972-05-29· cited 27×
• McDonald v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1973-11-05· cited 25×
• Haralson v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1975-05-26· cited 20×
• Stampley v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1973-10-22· cited 18×
• Kelly v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1973-05-29· cited 16×
• Barlow v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1970-03-30· cited 16×
• Johns v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1971-12-06· cited 10×
• Dobbs-Maynard Co., Inc. v. Jumper
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1980-09-24· cited 6×