556 So. 2d 338 - Brown v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
49 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 50 later decisions — most recently August 2017 · most notably 592 So. 2d 114 - Hansen v. State (1991), 604 So. 2d 280 - Fleming v. State (1992)
49 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 Joseph Skilken & Co. v. City of Toledo · 460 So. 2d 778 - May v. State · 428 So. 2d 1361 - Pearson v. State · Moffett v. State · 484 So. 2d 1002 - Gates 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 50 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“`[A]ll evidence introduced by the State is to be accepted as true, together with any reasonable inferences that can be drawn from that evidence.'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“All elements of the crime must be proven by the State, as well as the defendant's connection with the same. Id.[ McVeay v. State, 355 So.2d 1389 (Miss.1978)]; Talbert v. State, 347 So.2d 352 (Miss.1977); Boyd v. State, 204 So.2d 165 (Miss.1967). Furthermore, the burden of proof of the State in a circumstantial evidence case is to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt and to the exclusion of every reasonable hypothesis of innocence. Leflore v. State, 535 So.2d 68, 70 (Miss.1988).... The standard of review of a conviction based upon circumstantial evidence is that a circumstantial evidence conviction will not be disturbed unless it is opposed by a decided preponderance of the evidence. Id. at 70 .”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“Our concern here is whether the evidence in the record is sufficient to sustain a finding adverse to... [Mitchell] on each element of the offense of [conspiracy to commit] murder. [Citation omitted] In the present context we must, with respect to each element of the offense, consider all of the evidence not just the evidence which supports the case for the prosecution in the light most favorable to the verdict. [Citations omitted] The credible evidence which is consistent with guilt must be accepted as true. [Citation omitted] The prosecution must be given the benefit of all favorable inferences that may reasonably be drawn from the evidence. [Citations omitted] Matters regarding the weight and credibility to be accorded the evidence are to be resolved by the jury. [Citations omitted] We may reverse only where, with respect to one or more of the elements of the offense charged, the evidence so considered is such that reasonable and fair-minded jurors could only find the accused not guilty. [Citations omitted]”
1 later decision 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.