Williams 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 instruction that used the word\unanimous\ in regard to aggravating circumstances, but not in regard to mitigating circumstances, is not error
• affirming admission of photos of victim’s excised larynx, heart, vaginal and anal area, as well as photos of stab wound to victim’s chest and heart
• A contemporaneous objection to the allegedly prejudicial remarks in a prosecutor’s closing argument is required.
• “Wide latitude is generally available to counsel to argue his case on closing argument.”
• contemporaneous objection rule is applicable in death penalty cases
• contemporaneous objection rule is applicable in death penalty cases

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Evans v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1997-09-11· cited 404×
• Holland v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1997-09-11· cited 380×
• Ross v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2007-04-26· cited 361×
• 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×
• Wells v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1997-06-12· cited 274×
• Howell v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2003-10-23· cited 267×
• Rubenstein v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2006-08-10· cited 256×
• Wilcher v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1997-03-13· cited 242×
• McGilberry v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1999-06-03· cited 242×
• Watts v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1999-01-28· cited 232×
• 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×
• Smith v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1998-12-10· cited 209×
• Turner v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1999-02-04· cited 202×

Cites

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

• Lockett v. Ohio
  Supreme Court· 1978-07-03· cited 5,026×
• Payne v. Tennessee
  Supreme Court· 1991-09-13· cited 3,458×
• Harris v. Reed
  Supreme Court· 1989-02-22· cited 3,033×
• Caldwell v. Mississippi
  Supreme Court· 1985-06-11· cited 2,827×
• Luce v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1984-12-10· cited 2,427×
• Zant v. Stephens
  Supreme Court· 1983-06-22· cited 2,410×
• Mills v. Maryland
  Supreme Court· 1988-06-06· cited 1,392×
• Lowenfield v. Phelps
  Supreme Court· 1988-03-07· cited 1,385×
• Clemons v. Mississippi
  Supreme Court· 1990-04-17· cited 1,318×
• McKoy v. North Carolina
  Supreme Court· 1990-03-05· cited 1,045×
• Johnson v. Mississippi
  Supreme Court· 1988-06-13· cited 792×
• 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×