45 So. 3d 643 - McQuarters v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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1. “where the defendant or the defendant's witnesses are the only eyewitnesses to the homicide, their version, if reasonable, must be accepted as true, unless substantially contradicted in material particulars by a credible witness or witnesses for the state, or by the physical facts or by the facts of common knowledge.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Page v. State · 269 So. 3d 1280 - Timothy Owens v. State of Mississippi

2. “[w]hen considering a motion for directed verdict, all evidence introduced by the State must be accepted as true, together with all reasonable inferences therefrom. If there is sufficient evidence to support a guilty verdict, the motion for directed verdict must be overruled.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 269 So. 3d 1280 - Timothy Owens v. State of Mississippi · 154 So. 3d 872 - Rebecca Lynn Jones v. State of Mississippi

3. “the Weathersby rule is inapplicable where the defendant's conduct and statements following the killing are inconsistent with his version of the events as recounted at trial.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 269 So. 3d 1280 - Timothy Owens v. State of Mississippi