Wells v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• declining to declare a send-a-message argument during the sentencing phase to be reversible error
• \ Any claim is waived for failure to raise a contemporaneous objection.\
• \Any claim is waived for failure to raise a contemporaneous objection.\
• \Any claim is waived for failure to raise a contemporaneous objection.\
• \Any claim is waived for failure to raise a contemporaneous objection.\
• failure to make objection waives claim on appeal

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Bush v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2005-02-10· cited 1,301×
• People v. Smithey
  California Supreme Court· 1999-09-15· cited 635×
• Byrom v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2003-10-16· cited 320×
• Gray v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1998-08-06· cited 314×
• Simmons v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2001-12-13· cited 301×
• Underwood v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1998-02-12· cited 282×
• Bell v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1998-12-14· cited 275×
• Howell v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2003-10-23· cited 267×
• Manning v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1999-03-31· cited 266×
• Edwards v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1999-02-12· cited 245×
• McGilberry v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1999-06-03· cited 242×
• Hughes v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1999-03-31· cited 231×
• Flowers v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2000-12-21· cited 222×
• Walker v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2005-03-31· cited 215×
• Brown v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2004-09-02· cited 212×
• Burns v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1998-11-19· cited 209×
• Smith v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1998-12-10· cited 209×
• Turner v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1999-02-04· cited 202×
• Crawford v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1998-03-12· cited 197×
• Manning v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1998-06-25· cited 193×

Cites

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

• Strickland v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 123,578×
• Witherspoon v. Illinois
  Supreme Court· 1968-06-03· cited 4,818×
• Wainwright v. Witt
  Supreme Court· 1985-01-21· cited 3,997×
• Payne v. Tennessee
  Supreme Court· 1991-09-13· cited 3,458×
• Penry v. Lynaugh
  Supreme Court· 1989-06-26· cited 2,957×
• Woodson v. North Carolina
  Supreme Court· 1976-07-02· cited 2,907×
• Booth v. Maryland
  Supreme Court· 1987-09-21· cited 1,501×
• Clemons v. Mississippi
  Supreme Court· 1990-04-17· cited 1,318×
• Neal v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1984-05-23· cited 666×
• Stringer v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1984-08-15· cited 648×
• Hansen v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1991-12-18· cited 521×
• Ballenger v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1995-11-22· cited 508×
• Billiot v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1984-06-06· cited 479×
• Foster v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1994-04-28· cited 467×
• Chase v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1994-02-24· cited 466×
• Williams v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1984-01-18· cited 461×
• Walker v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1995-10-12· cited 460×
• Fisher v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1985-10-16· cited 457×
• Lockett v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1987-09-30· cited 443×
• Conner v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1994-03-17· cited 409×

Other cases named Wells v. State

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

• Wells v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1992-06-17· cited 101×
• Wells v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2005-10-31· cited 81×
• Wells v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1970-09-09· cited 66×
• Wells v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2009-04-07· cited 59×
• Wells v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1974-12-04· cited 53×
• Wells v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1974-01-21· cited 44×
• Wells v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1984-09-07· cited 41×
• Wells v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1974-12-23· cited 39×
• Wells v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1982-11-12· cited 38×
• Wells v. State
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 1980-06-20· cited 37×
• Wells v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1972-04-21· cited 37×
• Wells v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2014-05-05· cited 35×
• Wells v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2005-10-28· cited 32×
• Wells v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 11th Dist. (Eastland)· 2007-11-29· cited 30×
• Wells v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1959-05-08· cited 30×
• Wells v. State
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1973-12-06· cited 28×
• Wells v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-03-27· cited 28×
• Wells v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1979-01-17· cited 28×
• Wells v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1991-05-10· cited 27×
• Wells v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1999-03-18· cited 25×
• Wells v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1993-03-12· cited 23×
• Wells v. State
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1984-04-09· cited 23×
• Wells v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 1987-04-20· cited 22×
• Wells v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1976-07-14· cited 22×
• Wells v. State
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 1992-12-31· cited 21×
• Wells v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1994-06-10· cited 21×
• Wells v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1994-02-14· cited 20×
• Wells v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1985-10-11· cited 20×
• Wells v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2005-06-09· cited 20×
• Wells v. State
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 1950-04-20· cited 20×
• Wells v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2010-04-14· cited 20×
• Wells v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1991-03-18· cited 19×
• Wells v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2006-06-15· cited 19×
• Wells v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1979-12-17· cited 18×
• Wells v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1978-11-30· cited 18×
• Wells v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma· 1977-01-04· cited 17×
• Wells v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 11th Dist. (Eastland)· 1998-04-16· cited 17×
• Wells v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1971-03-12· cited 17×
• Wells v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1902-08-07· cited 17×
• Wells v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1972-09-22· cited 16×
• Wells v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-04-17· cited 16×
• Wells v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1979-09-20· cited 16×
• Wells v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 1994-06-23· cited 16×
• Wells v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1980-12-23· cited 16×
• Wells v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2013-10-10· cited 15×
• Wells v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1996-08-22· cited 15×
• Wells v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1982-04-01· cited 15×
• Wells v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1903-08-14· cited 15×
• Wells v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1992-11-30· cited 14×
• Wells v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1986-09-02· cited 14×