446 So. 2d 580 - Scott v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1984
Citation profile
26 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 26 later decisions — most recently February 2018 · most notably 460 So. 2d 778 - May v. State (1984), 790 So. 2d 179 - Milano v. State (2001)
26 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 Bond v. State · 297 So. 2d 888 - Pittman v. State · Robinson v. State · 199 So. 2d 251 - Shinall v. State · Young v. United States
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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“... Our decision today should be a clear indication that instructions such as S-8 are condemned and should not be used upon retrial of this matter. 446 So.2d at 583-84 . Finally, in Bebley v. State, 456 So.2d 755, 756 (Miss. 1984), the Court stated,”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage“an apprehension that his life is in danger”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“When a jury is given instructions which are in hopeless conflict this Court is compelled to reverse because it cannot be said that the jury verdict is founded on correct principles of law.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.