7 So. 3d 903 - Lima v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2009
Citation profile
15
cited by 15 later decisions
1
states following
October 2018
most recently cited
15 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 584 So. 2d 426 - Mohr v. State · 351 So. 2d 1342 - Gray v. State · West v. State · 913 So. 2d 198 - Walker v. State · 877 So. 2d 1254 - Lynch v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“[O]n or about the 23rd day of November, 2008, ... willfully, feloniously, without authority of law[, 3 ] with or without the design to effect death, did kill Rebecca Ann McLain Pruitt, a human being, said killing occurring at a time when Ricky Joseph Gavin, Jr. and Kenya Ev-ette Davis, each in conjunction with the other, were engaged in the commission of the crime of Robbery, as set forth and described by Section 97-3-73[ 4 ] ... in that Ricky Joseph Gavin, Jr. and Kenya Evette Davis, each in conjunction with the other, did then and there willfully, unlawfully, and feloniously ... take the personal property of Rebecca Ann McLain Pruitt, from the person and presence of Rebecca Ann McLain Pruitt, against her will, by violence and/or threats of violence to her person at 419 West 15th Street, Laurel, MS, with the intent to steal and/or rob therein, and all in violation of [Section] 97 — 3—19(2)(e)[,][ 5 ] ... said act constituting the crime of Capital Murder, and contrary to the form of the statute, in violation of [Section] 97-3-19-(2)(e), and against the peace and dignity of the State of Mississippi.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[t]he jury is the sole judge of the weight of the evidence and the credibility of the witnesses.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Scarbrough v. State
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