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← 734 SO2D 247 - Collins v. State

Collins v. State’s Empirical Analysis

1999

Citation profile

7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
states following
April 2006
most recently cited

7 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Heidel v. State · 437 So. 2d 19 - Box v. State · 567 So. 2d 237 - Johnston v. State · 707 So. 2d 547 - De La Beckwith v. State · 507 So. 2d 89 - Jenkins 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “[u]nder the Mississippi Rules of Evidence, when a defendant `opens the door' by testifying on direct examination that he is `pure as the driven snow,' it is permissible for the State to impeach him by inquiring into past arrests as well as other bad acts which go to the veracity of the defendant's direct testimony.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. “M.R.E. 404 provides that evidence of a prior conviction or other bad act may be probative of knowledge or intent, even though a prior conviction is not admissible to show a person committed the offense again.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  3. “unless the record discloses either that the actual case at trial was discussed or other facts that could support a finding of possible undue influence.”
    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.