Tolbert v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• the sufficiency of circumstantial evidence is peculiarly for the jury to determine, and their decision should not be disturbed unless it is opposed by a decided preponderance of the verdict

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Neal v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1984-05-23· cited 666×
• Conner v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1994-03-17· cited 409×
• Johnson v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1985-09-25· cited 401×
• Ross v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2007-04-26· cited 361×
• Underwood v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1998-02-12· cited 282×
• Brewer v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1998-07-23· cited 180×
• Kolberg v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2002-08-29· cited 115×
• Oates v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1982-11-03· cited 95×
• Swindle v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1987-02-04· cited 61×
• Cox v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2003-07-17· cited 55×
• Montgomery v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1987-08-19· cited 51×
• Bridgeforth v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1986-11-19· cited 49×
• Alexander v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2000-04-27· cited 45×
• Stephens v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2005-06-16· cited 43×
• Robinson v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1986-11-05· cited 41×
• Neal v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2002-01-24· cited 40×
• Cardwell v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1984-12-19· cited 38×
• Beasley v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2014-01-16· cited 36×
• McRee v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1999-02-11· cited 25×
• Brandon Q. Gales v. State of Mississippi
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2014-10-09· cited 23×

Cites

21 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Gray v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1977-11-16· cited 174×
• Cummings v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1969-02-24· cited 47×
• United States v. James Williamson, and Jack Williamson
  Fifth Circuit· 1971-11-23· cited 36×
• Smith v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1969-06-09· cited 20×
• McGowan v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1979-09-19· cited 19×
• Burge v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1973-06-29· cited 18×
• Ladner v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1967-03-27· cited 18×
• Hampton v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1911-03-15· cited 17×
• Lawler v. Skelton
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1961-05-22· cited 15×
• Alabama Farm Bureau Mutual Casualty Insurance v. Cofield
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1962-12-20· cited 15×
• Gardner v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1979-03-07· cited 14×
• Cicely v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1872-07-01· cited 14×
• White v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1892-10-15· cited 13×
• Tanner v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1953-01-05· cited 11×
• Fortenberry v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1953-01-19· cited 11×
• Walton v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1951-10-08· cited 8×
• Thorne v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1977-08-24· cited 7×
• Horton v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1974-01-14· cited 4×
• Bonnett v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1975-09-09· cited 4×
• Handshoe v. Daly
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1951-03-19· cited 4×