Weeks v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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18 state decisions

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

1. “This Court has held that “under both the United States and the Mississippi constitutions, an accused is entitled to be assisted by counsel during criminal proceedings against him.” Ormond v. State, 599 So.2d 951, 956 (Miss.1992). See U.S. Const. amend. VI; Miss. Const. art. 3, § 26 (1890). The only difference between the two is the time of attachment. Id, In Mississippi the Sixth Amendment right attaches at the “accusatory stage.” Id. (citing Williamson v. State, 512 So.2d 868, 876 (Miss.1987)). “However, the defendant must be able to show some adverse effect or prejudice to his ability to conduct his defense before denial of this right to counsel constitutes reversible error.” Id.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 163 So. 3d 240 - Marlon Latodd Howell v. State of Mississippi

2. “has resulted and no mistrial is declared, the trial judge should direct the jury to disregard the remark. Id. ¶ 39. We find that the trial court did not err in failing to grant a mistrial. The information that a doctor told Williams she was hyperventilating, though the opinion of an expert, was largely cumulative of Officer Velasquez's testimony that Williams was sent to the hospital because she was hyperventilating. Moreover, after the jury was exposed to the information, the court directed the jury to”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 964 So. 2d 541 - Williams v. State

3. “"[A] trial judge's factual findings relative to a prosecutor's use of peremptory challenges on minority persons ... will not be reversed unless they appear clearly erroneous or against the overwhelming weight of the evidence." "This perspective is wholly consistent with our unflagging support of the trial court as the proper forum for resolution of factual controversies."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 817 So. 2d 644 - Collins v. State