Hicks v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2008
Citation profile
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 749 So. 2d 110 - Floyd v. City of Crystal Springs · 921 So. 2d 292 - Spicer v. State · Forrest v. State · 799 So. 2d 53 - Gray v. State · 224 So. 2d 216 - Catholic Diocese of Natchez-Jackson v. Jaquith
Most-quoted passages
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“To warrant reversal, two elements must be shown: error, and injury to the party appealing. Error is harmless when it is trivial, formal, or merely academic, and not prejudicial to the substantial rights of the party assigning it, and where it in no way affects the final outcome of the case; it is prejudicial, and ground[s] for reversal, only when it affects the final result of the case and works adversely to a substantial right of the party assigning it. Obviously, in order for the rule of harmless error to be called into play in support of a judgment, the judgment must be otherwise supportable, and will be reversed when there is nothing in the pleadings or evidence to support it.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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