Shore v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1974
Citation profile
11 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 11 later decisions — most recently December 2010
11 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 Green v. State · Coleman v. State · 267 So. 2d 305 - Feranda v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“... However, the comment by the trial judge could, and very likely did, have the effect of bolstering the witness's testimony in the eyes of the jury since the court's stamp of approval was upon it. We do not state that the comment alone would constitute reversible error, but we do point out that comment upon the evidence by a trial judge in the presence of the jury is hazardous to affirmance on appeal. See Green v. State, 97 Miss. 834 , 53 So. 415 (1910), wherein this court stated: "It is a matter of common knowledge that jurors, as well as officers in attendance upon court, are very susceptible to the influence of the judge. The sheriff and his deputies, as a rule, are anxious to do his bidding; and jurors watch closely his conduct, and give attention to his language, that they may, if possible, ascertain his leaning to one side or the other, which, if known, often largely influences their verdict. He cannot be too careful and guarded in language and conduct in the presence of the jury, to avoid prejudice to either party... ."”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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