784 So. 2d 186 - Austin v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

73 state decisions

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 75 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Jury instructions are to be read together and taken as a whole with no one instruction taken out of context. A defendant is entitled to have jury instructions given which present his theory of the case, however, this entitlement is limited in that the court may refuse an instruction which incorrectly states the law, is covered fairly elsewhere in the instructions, or is without foundation in the evidence.”

   20 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Corrothers v. State · Hardy v. State

2. “That discretion must be exercised within the scope of the Mississippi Rules of Evidence, and reversal will only be had when an abuse of discretion results in prejudice to the accused.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 882 So. 2d 800 - Renfrow v. State · 822 So. 2d 353 - Voyles v. State

3. “the defendant's flight (1) is unexplained and (2) where the circumstance of that flight has considerable probative value.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 848 So. 2d 880 - Parisie v. State · 938 So. 2d 287 - Hubbard v. State