Mabry v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1963
Citation profile
14 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 14 later decisions — most recently March 2016
14 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Dedeaux v. State · Davis v. State · Upton v. State · Rodgers v. State · Ellis v. State
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"In civil cases involving a charge of negligence, it is well established that instructions for the plaintiff must state the alleged acts of negligence and define them, and may not simply refer to the negligence as charged in the declaration. In criminal cases such a requirement should be even stronger and more necessary. This is the general rule. The jury should be instructed properly as to the nature and elements of the offense charged, and `the court must define and explain the crime charged, setting forth the essential elements thereof.'" 191 So.2d at 396 .”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“The Court instructs the jury for the State that if you believe from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that the Defendant is guilty as charged in the indictment, then it is your sworn duty to so find, and if you find the Defendant guilty, the form of your verdict may be: “We, the jury, find the Defendant guilty as charged.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage“We hold that it is essential that an instruction shall charge the nature and elements of the offense, instead of referring the jury to the pleadings to ascertain what crime the defendant is alleged to have committed. 248 Miss. at 151 , 158 So.2d at 689 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.