Supreme Court of Missouri· 5/11/1981
State v. Mercer
Citations
- 618 S.W.2d 1
- 1981 Mo. LEXIS 355
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- response, “I don’t think so,” not equivocal in context of voir dire questioning but, rather, “common vernacular to express a negative”
- defendant with others raped, beat, and killed a woman
- defendant with others raped, beat, and killed a woman
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Judges: Higgins, Donnelly, Rendlen, Welliyer, Morgan, Bardgett, Seiler
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93 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Wainwright v. WittSupreme Court· 1985-01-21· cited 3,997×
- Connecticut v. JohnsonSupreme Court· 1983-02-23· cited 606×
- State v. BrownSupreme Court of Missouri· 1995-07-25· cited 277×
- State v. NewlonSupreme Court of Missouri· 1982-02-09· cited 237×
- State v. ShurnSupreme Court of Missouri· 1993-12-21· cited 205×
- State v. GriffinSupreme Court of Missouri· 1988-07-26· cited 187×
- State v. WiseSupreme Court of Missouri· 1994-08-15· cited 179×
- State v. McDonaldSupreme Court of Missouri· 1983-11-22· cited 175×
- State v. TaylorSupreme Court of Missouri· 1996-08-20· cited 168×
- State v. ShawSupreme Court of Missouri· 1982-08-02· cited 165×
- State v. BolderSupreme Court of Missouri· 1982-07-06· cited 160×
- State v. GuinanSupreme Court of Missouri· 1984-02-15· cited 157×
- Sidebottom v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri· 1989-12-12· cited 153×
- State v. KinderSupreme Court of Missouri· 1996-12-17· cited 146×
- State v. BlairSupreme Court of Missouri· 1982-08-31· cited 146×
- State v. SidebottomSupreme Court of Missouri· 1988-06-14· cited 140×
- Willie Albert Smith v. Lee Roy Black, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of CorrectionsFifth Circuit· 1990-08-24· cited 134×
- State v. BrooksSupreme Court of Missouri· 1997-12-23· cited 131×
- State v. WeaverSupreme Court of Missouri· 1995-12-19· cited 130×
- State v. ClemonsSupreme Court of Missouri· 1997-05-27· cited 125×
Cites
56 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
- Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court· 1976-07-22· cited 7,936×
- Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court· 1972-06-29· cited 5,066×
- Lockett v. OhioSupreme Court· 1978-07-03· cited 5,026×
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court· 1968-06-03· cited 4,818×
- Bumper v. North CarolinaSupreme Court· 1968-06-03· cited 3,107×
- Woodson v. North CarolinaSupreme Court· 1976-07-02· cited 2,907×
- Duren v. MissouriSupreme Court· 1979-01-09· cited 2,373×
- Jurek v. TexasSupreme Court· 1976-07-02· cited 2,034×
- Proffitt v. FloridaSupreme Court· 1976-07-22· cited 1,798×
- Adams v. TexasSupreme Court· 1980-06-25· cited 1,718×
- Godfrey v. GeorgiaSupreme Court· 1980-05-19· cited 1,672×
- Stromberg v. CaliforniaSupreme Court· 1931-05-18· cited 1,418×
- Boulden v. HolmanSupreme Court· 1969-04-02· cited 477×
- John A. Spinkellink, 1 v. Louie L. Wainwright, Secretary, Florida Department of Offender RehabilitationFifth Circuit· 1978-08-21· cited 403×
- Davis v. GeorgiaSupreme Court· 1976-12-06· cited 352×
- Hovey v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court· 1980-08-28· cited 346×
- Maxwell v. BishopSupreme Court· 1970-06-01· cited 233×
- Elledge v. StateSupreme Court of Florida· 1977-04-07· cited 200×
- Gregg v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1974-10-17· cited 190×
Other cases named State v. Mercer
68 other CourtListener records share this case name; the 50 most cited are listed.
- State v. MercerSupreme Court of Connecticut· 1988-06-21· cited 55×
- State v. MercerSupreme Court of South Carolina· 2009-01-12· cited 36×
- State v. MercerCourt of Appeals of Washington· 1986-09-23· cited 35×
- State v. MercerNew Mexico Court of Appeals· 2004-12-29· cited 25×
- State v. MercerIdaho Supreme Court· 2006-03-20· cited 22×
- State v. MercerNew Mexico Supreme Court· 2005-02-14· cited 21×
- State v. MercerSupreme Court of Iowa· 1967-11-14· cited 19×
- State v. MercerCourt of Appeals of Washington· 1983-05-16· cited 18×
- State v. MercerMontana Supreme Court· 1981-03-04· cited 16×
- State v. MercerCourt of Appeals of Arizona· 1970-08-26· cited 15×
- State v. MercerIndiana Court of Appeals· 1986-12-11· cited 11×
- State v. MercerMontana Supreme Court· 1943-01-13· cited 9×
- State v. MercerLouisiana Court of Appeal· 1990-06-20· cited 8×
- State v. MercerNew Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1986-06-30· cited 7×
- State v. MercerConnecticut Appellate Court· 1992-12-15· cited 7×
- State v. MercerMissouri Court of Appeals· 1981-01-21· cited 6×
- State v. MercerNebraska Supreme Court· 1984-04-27· cited 5×
- State v. MercerCourt of Appeals of North Carolina· 2018-08-07· cited 5×
- State v. MercerCourt of Appeals of Oregon· 2015-02-11· cited 5×
- State v. MercerIdaho Court of Appeals· 2005-06-22· cited 4×
- State v. MercerOhio Court of Appeals· 2013-04-17· cited 4×
- State v. MercerOhio Court of Appeals· 2016-01-06· cited 4×
- State v. MercerMissouri Court of Appeals· 1980-03-03· cited 4×
- State v. MercerOhio Court of Appeals· 2015-07-15· cited 3×
- State v. MercerCourt of Appeals of Kansas· 2004-12-10· cited 3×
- State v. MercerDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida· 2013-03-06· cited 2×
- State v. MercerCourt of Appeals of Iowa· 1991-04-02· cited 1×
- State v. MercerCourt of Appeals of Kansas· 2010-12-10· cited 1×
- State v. MercerMissouri Court of Appeals· 1979-06-29· cited 1×
- State v. MercerOhio Court of Appeals· 2025-03-31· cited 1×
- State v. MercerSupreme Court of New Jersey· 2007-09-07
- State v. MercerWisconsin Supreme Court· 2009-09-10
- State v. MercerWashington Supreme Court· 2009-03-31
- State v. MercerMontana Supreme Court· 2015-02-10
- State v. MercerOhio Court of Appeals· 2018-04-23
- State v. MercerCourt of Appeals of North Carolina· 2018-08-07
- State v. MercerSuperior Court of Delaware· 2019-03-26
- State v. MercerConnecticut Appellate Court· 2019-07-16
- State v. MercerSupreme Court of North Carolina· 2020-02-28
- State v. MercerCourt of Appeals of Washington· 2001-11-16
- State v. MercerCourt of Appeals of Washington· 2008-07-15
- State v. MercerMissouri Court of Appeals· 2015-11-24
- State v. MercerArizona Supreme Court· 1977-09-22
- State v. MercerSupreme Court of North Carolina· 1968-10-15
- State v. MercerSupreme Court of North Carolina· 2012-08-23
- State v. MercerCourt of Appeals of Washington· 1982-12-06
- State v. MercerCourt of Appeals of Washington· 1986-09-23
- State v. MercerCourt of Appeals of Washington· 1990-07-16
- State v. MercerSupreme Court of New Jersey· 1973-11-27
- State v. MercerSupreme Court of New Jersey· 1980-05-13
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