Nolan v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2011
Citation profile
15
cited by 15 later decisions
1
states following
September 2017
most recently cited
14 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1112
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · 895 So. 2d 836 - Bush v. State · 469 So. 2d 68 - Edwards v. State · 568 So. 2d 1173 - Roundtree v. State · United States v. Browner
Most-quoted passages
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“[t]he killing of a human being, without malice, in the heat of passion, but in a cruel or unusual manner, or by the use of a dangerous weapon, without authority of law, and not in necessary self-defense. ...” Miss.Code Ann. § 97-3-35 (Rev. 2006). The Mississippi Supreme Court has defined "heat of passion” as "a state of violent and uncontrollable rage engendered by a blow or certain other provocation given, which will reduce homicide from the grade of murder to that of manslaughter. Passion or anger suddenly aroused at the time by some immediate and reasonable provocation, by words or acts of one at the time. The term includes an emotional state of mind characterized by anger, rage, hatred, furious resentment or terror.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Evans v. State“the relevant question is whether, after viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution, any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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