Watts 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 a failure to make a contemporaneous objection to allegations of prosecutorial misconduct during closing arguments waived the issue for appeal
• holding that a failure to make a contemporaneous objection to allegations of prosecutorial misconduct during closing arguments waived the issue for appeal
• \[t]he defendant who fails to make a contemporaneous objection must rely on plain error to raise the assignment on appeal.\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• People v. Shreck
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 2001-05-14· cited 854×
• Byrom v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2003-10-16· cited 320×
• Simmons v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2001-12-13· cited 301×
• Howell v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2003-10-23· cited 267×
• Rubenstein v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2006-08-10· cited 256×
• Walker v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2005-03-31· cited 215×
• Brown v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2004-09-02· cited 212×
• Goff v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2009-05-28· cited 189×
• Spicer v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2006-01-05· cited 184×
• Goodin v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2001-05-17· cited 178×
• Havard v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2006-02-09· cited 173×
• Puckett v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2001-06-28· cited 170×
• Mitchell v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2001-03-29· cited 168×
• Jordan v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2001-04-26· cited 160×
• Galloway v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2013-06-06· cited 160×
• Lynch v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2004-05-27· cited 153×
• Batiste v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2013-05-16· cited 151×
• Berry v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2001-10-11· cited 149×
• Manning v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2000-06-29· cited 149×
• Snow v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2001-09-27· cited 147×

Cites

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

• Batson v. Kentucky
  Supreme Court· 1986-04-30· cited 16,401×
• Barker v. Wingo
  Supreme Court· 1972-06-22· cited 12,108×
• Florida v. Royer
  Supreme Court· 1983-03-23· cited 6,728×
• Mullaney v. Wilbur
  Supreme Court· 1975-06-09· cited 3,396×
• Enmund v. Florida
  Supreme Court· 1982-07-02· cited 2,349×
• Lewis v. Jeffers
  Supreme Court· 1990-08-30· cited 1,972×
• Tison v. Arizona
  Supreme Court· 1987-04-21· cited 1,617×
• Walton v. Arizona
  Supreme Court· 1990-08-30· cited 1,614×
• Clemons v. Mississippi
  Supreme Court· 1990-04-17· cited 1,318×
• Saffle v. Parks
  Supreme Court· 1990-03-05· cited 1,054×
• McClain v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1993-10-07· cited 941×
• Blystone v. Pennsylvania
  Supreme Court· 1990-02-28· cited 551×
• Hansen v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1991-12-18· cited 521×
• Herring v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1997-02-13· cited 498×
• Dunn v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1979-06-04· cited 482×
• Foster v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1994-04-28· cited 467×
• Chase v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1994-02-24· cited 466×
• Walker v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1995-10-12· cited 460×
• McFee v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1987-07-22· cited 451×
• Conner v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1994-03-17· cited 409×

Other cases named Watts v. State

275 other CourtListener records share this case name; the 50 most cited are listed.

• Watts v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2003-03-12· cited 94×
• Watts v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1950-12-08· cited 89×
• Watts v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1986-07-23· cited 82×
• Watts v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1983-02-16· cited 64×
• Watts v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2008-05-13· cited 60×
• Watts v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1998-07-23· cited 52×
• Watts v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1977-09-27· cited 46×
• Watts v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1992-01-02· cited 44×
• Watts v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1994-02-17· cited 44×
• Watts v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1976-03-10· cited 42×
• Watts v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1988-03-14· cited 41×
• Watts v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1977-07-14· cited 35×
• Watts v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2001-09-17· cited 33×
• Watts v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1974-12-11· cited 33×
• Watts v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2013-11-21· cited 31×
• Watts v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1977-01-11· cited 30×
• Watts v. State
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1968-05-23· cited 28×
• Watts v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1967-03-06· cited 25×
• Watts v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1997-03-05· cited 23×
• Watts v. State
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1977-08-31· cited 23×
• Watts v. State
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2006-01-03· cited 23×
• Watts v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1984-04-27· cited 22×
• Watts v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2001-08-16· cited 21×
• Watts v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1974-10-01· cited 21×
• Watts v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma· 2008-09-25· cited 19×
• Watts v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2012-09-11· cited 19×
• Watts v. State
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1872-07-15· cited 19×
• Watts v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma· 1971-07-28· cited 18×
• Watts v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1947-06-18· cited 17×
• Watts v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1968-07-10· cited 16×
• Watts v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1950-12-11· cited 16×
• Watts v. State
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1981-05-22· cited 16×
• Watts v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1968-04-01· cited 16×
• Watts v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1985-01-24· cited 15×
• Watts v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2008-04-29· cited 15×
• Watts v. State
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1983-12-09· cited 15×
• Watts v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1991-06-17· cited 14×
• Watts v. State
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1977-05-12· cited 13×
• Watts v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2001-03-16· cited 13×
• Watts v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1960-10-18· cited 12×
• Watts v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2008-07-01· cited 12×
• Watts v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1983-11-10· cited 12×
• Watts v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2004-07-01· cited 12×
• Watts v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1995-11-20· cited 11×
• Watts v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1904-07-12· cited 11×
• Watts v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1870-07-01· cited 11×
• Watts v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1981-01-22· cited 10×
• Watts v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1968-09-24· cited 10×
• Watts v. State
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2008-04-07· cited 10×
• Watts v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2020-04-06· cited 10×