Ross v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

23 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The failure to object to testimony at trial waives any assignment of error on appeal.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Sammie Henry Pettis v. State of Mississippi · Clyde Chatman, Jr. v. State of Mississippi

2. “If a defendant makes a timely motion under the Uniform Rules of Circuit and County Court Practice (1) for judgment of acquittal notwithstanding the verdict of the jury, or (2) for a new trial under Rule 10.05, the time for appeal for all parties shall run from the entry of the order denying such motion. Notwithstanding anything in this rule to the contrary, in criminal cases the 30 day period shall run from the date of the denial of any motion contemplated by this subparagraph, or from the date of imposition of sentence, whichever occurs later. A notice of appeal filed after the court announces a decision sentence, or order but before it disposes of any of the above motions, is ineffective until the date of the entry of the order disposing of the last such motion outstanding, or until the date of the entry of the judgment of conviction, whichever is later. Notwithstanding the provisions of Appellate Rule 3(c), a valid notice of appeal is effective to appeal from an order disposing of any of the above motions.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 73 So. 3d 1203 - Wells v. State

3. “[U]nder Rule 2(c) of the Mississippi Rules of Appellate Procedure, this Court may suspend the rules in the interest of expediting decision, or for other good cause shown, in cases where the defendant who is convicted, “ ‘through no fault of his own, is effectively denied his right to perfect his appeal within the time prescribed by law by the acts of his attorney or the trial court.’ ” Dorsey v. State, 986 So.2d 1080, 1084 (¶ 12) (Miss.Ct.App.2008) (citation omitted). The Mississippi Supreme Court has stated that: “We may suspend Rules 2 and 4 ‘when justice demands’ to allow an out-of-time appeal in criminal cases.” McGruder v. State, 886 So.2d 1, 2 (¶ 4) (Miss.2003) (citing Fair v. State, 571 So.2d 965, 966 (Miss.1990)). 6”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 73 So. 3d 1203 - Wells v. State