257 So. 2d 505 - Roberson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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17 state decisions

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1. “In passing upon a motion for directed verdict or peremptory instruction in a criminal case, courts must assume that all evidence for the state is true and that all reasonable inferences that may be drawn from the evidence are true, and, if from all the testimony there is enough in the record to support a verdict, motion should be overruled.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 368 So. 2d 1265 - Jones v. State · 519 So. 2d 1226 - Dixon v. State

2. “The indictment for murder includes the charge of manslaughter. King v. State, 251 Miss. 161 , 168 So.2d 637 (1964); Calicoat v. State, 131 Miss. 169 , 95 So. 318 (1922); Dyson v. State, 26 Miss. 362 (1953); Kelly v. State, 3 Smedes & M. (11 Miss.) 518 (1844); King v. State, 5 How. 730 (1841). The jury had a right to return a verdict of manslaughter although the verdict under the facts in the instant case might have sustained a murder conviction. Therefore, the appellant cannot complain of a manslaughter verdict under the circumstances of this case. Boyd v. State, 253 Miss. 98 , 175 So.2d 132 (1965). ( 257 So.2d at 508 ).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Wells v. State