361 So. 2d 343 - Nelson v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
11 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 11 later decisions — most recently February 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 Smith v. State · Robertson v. State · 285 So. 2d 891 - Campbell v. State · 244 So. 2d 18 - Gant v. State · Frazier 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"The facts of this case require us to define the acts proscribed by the statute and which constitute aggravated assault. The statute provides: `A person is guilty of aggravated assault if he . .. causes such injury ... recklessly under circumstances manifesting extreme indifference to the value of human life.' We hold these words are analogous to our definition of culpable negligence in homicide cases set forth in Smith v. State, 197 Miss. 802 , 20 So.2d 701 (1945) as follows: `[C]ulpable negligence should be defined as the conscious and wanton or reckless disregard of the probabilities of fatal consequences to others as a result of the wilful [sic] creation of an unreasonable risk thereof.' ( 197 Miss. at 817 , 20 So.2d at 705 )." 361 So.2d at 344 .”
5 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Clements · Gray v. State“manifested an extreme indifference to the value of human life... .”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Taylor v. State · Johnson v. State“In our case the evidence shows that Green stepped on defendant's foot and, after a short argument, defendant invited Green to go outside with him. Once outside a pushing match ensued and ended when the defendant pulled his pistol and shot Green. Regardless of what defendant intended when he pulled the pistol and pointed it at Green, his act of pointing a loaded pistol at Green manifested extreme indifference to the value of human life, and clearly brings the act of defendant within the statutory crime of aggravated assault.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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