40 So. 3d 531 - Clark v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

33 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 33 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A criminal defendant is entitled to present his defense to the finder of fact, and it is fundamentally unfair to deny the jury the opportunity to consider the defendant's defense where there is testimony to support the theory.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Michael Donaldson v. State of Mississippi · Cooley v. State

2. “all evidence admitted in support of the defendant's theory of the case must comport with the Mississippi Rules of Evidence.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Michael Donaldson v. State of Mississippi · 243 So. 3d 198 - Keith Friston v. State of Mississippi

3. “¶ 16. The jury instruction states: The Court instructs the Jury that under law, the intent to kill one human being transfers to the actual victim and if you believe from the evidence in this case beyond a reasonable doubt that on the day in question, the Defendant, Walter Carpenter, had the deliberate design to kill Jewell Carpenter, but instead, accidentally killed Maurice Carpenter, the killing of Maurice Carpenter is nevertheless murder under the law, unless you believe the Defendant Walter Carpenter acted in necessary self-defense.”

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