Deeds v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

22 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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Our precedent is clear that “Mississippi law has never required a proponent of evidence to produce every handler of evidence.” Ellis v. State, 934 So.2d 1000, 1005 [ (¶ 21) ] (Miss.2006). In order for the defendant to show a break in the chain of custody, there must be an “indication or reasonable inference of probable tampering with the evidence or substitution of the evidence.” Spann v. State, 771 So.2d 883, 894 [ (¶ 26) ] (Miss. 2000). The defendant has the burden of proving tampering or substitution of the evidence, and “a mere suggestion that substitution could possibly have occurred does not meet the burden of showing probable substitution.” Ellis, 934 So.2d at 100 [6 (¶ 21) ].”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Herman Jackson, Jr. v. State of Mississippi · McCain v. State

2. “[o]ur precedent is clear that “Mississippi law has never required a proponent of evidence to produce every handler of evidence.” In order for the defendant to show a break in the chain of custody, there must be an “indication or reasonable inference of probable tampering with the evidence or substitution of the evidence.” The defendant has the burden of proving tampering or substitution of the evidence, and “[a] mere suggestion that substitution could possibly have occurred does not meet the burden of showing probable substitution.””

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

3. ““reviews the trial court’s decision to admit or exclude evidence under an abuse of discretion standard of review.” [Smith, 986 So.2d at 295 ]. Furthermore, this Court will affirm the trial court’s ruling “‘[u]nless we can safely say that the trial court abused its judicial discretion in allowing or disallowing evidence so as to prejudice a party in a civil case, or the accused in a criminal case.’ ” Id. (quoting [Jones, 918 So.2d at 1223 ]).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Dunn v. Yager