State Supreme Court / Miss.

Shields v. State

Decided October 15, 1998. William L. Waller Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

722 So. 2d 584 · Cited 68 times

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Precedents cited

Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

Rutledge v. United States · 517 U.S. 292
Yates v. State · 685 So. 2d 715
State v. Myers · 461 N.W.2d 777
Harris v. State · 723 So. 2d 546
State v. Boone · 297 S.E.2d 585
State v. Richmond · 495 S.E.2d 677
Trotter v. State · 719 S.W.2d 268
State v. Arlt · 833 P.2d 902
Anderson v. State · 290 So. 2d 628
Searcy v. State · 295 S.E.2d 227
Davidson v. State · 810 S.W.2d 327
Washington v. State · 77 So. 2d 260
State v. Byrd · 385 So. 2d 248
De La Beckwith v. State · 707 So. 2d 547
Ex Parte Edwards · 452 So. 2d 508
Smith v. State · 646 So. 2d 538
State v. Edwards · 201 Conn. 125
Warren v. State · 709 So. 2d 415
Dedeaux v. State · 630 So. 2d 30
Wells v. State · 305 So. 2d 333
Dickenson v. Israel · 482 F. Supp. 1223
Ex Parte Roberts · 662 So. 2d 229
State v. Eiseman · 461 A.2d 369
State v. Robinson · 517 N.W.2d 336
Commonwealth v. Bivins · 740 S.W.2d 954

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Derrick Dewayne Moffite a/k/a Derrick Dewayen Moffite a/k/a Derrick D. Moffite v. State of Mississippi;

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