Armstrong v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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5 state decisions

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1. “[t]he lower court enjoys considerable discretion regarding the form and substance of jury instructions. Rester v. Lott, 566 So.2d 1266, 1269 (Miss.1990). The dispositive question is whether the jury was fully and correctly instructed on the principles of law involved. If the instructions given provide correct statements of the law and are supported by the evidence, there is no prejudice to the defendant. Johnson v. State, 792 So.2d 253, 258 (Miss.2001). If the instructions fairly announce the law of the case and create no injustice, no reversible error will be found. Fielder v. Magnolia Beverage Co., 757 So.2d 925, 929 (Miss.1999).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 953 So. 2d 224 - Carter v. State

2. “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 *Page 506 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.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 912 So. 2d 501 - Jones v. State

3. “an issue of trustworthiness arises when one organization seeks to introduce records in its possession that were actually prepared by another.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Singleton v. State