14 Mississippi opinions name it 2 courts 1998–2026 4 in the last five years
The cases below were cited by Mississippi courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.
| Case | Followed | Cited |
|---|---|---|
Myers v. Stategreen2 sentences2009Myers v. State, 832 So.2d 540, 542 (¶ 10) (Miss.Ct.App.2002). ¶ 17. 2008Myers v. State, 832 So.2d 540, 542 (¶ 10) (Miss.Ct.App.2002). | 2 | 3 |
Abeyta v. Stategreen1 sentence2026Id. at 311 (internal quotation marks omitted). | 1 | 1 |
Cooper v. Stategreen1 sentence2025Similarly, “words alone are not enough to require a heat of passion manslaughter instruction.” Cooper v. State, 977 So. 2d 1220, 1223 (¶11) (Miss. | 1 | 1 |
Clayton v. Stategreen1 sentence2022“When reviewing a trial court’s grant or denial of a jury instruction, this Court considers the jury instructions as a whole to determine if the jury was properly instructed, giving abuse-of-discretion deference to the trial judge’s decision.” Clayton v. State, 106 So. 3d 802, 804 (¶5) (Miss. 2012) (internal quotation marks omitted). | 1 | 1 |
Phillipson v. Stategreen1 sentence2009See Phillipson v. State, 943 So.2d 670, 671-72 (¶ 6) (Miss.2006). | 1 | 1 |
Agnew v. Stategreen1 sentence2007The standard of review for jury instructions was well stated in Agnew v. State, 783 So.2d 699, 702 (¶ 4) (Miss. 2001). | 1 | 1 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Mississippi. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
|---|---|---|
Underwood v. State
green
2 sentences2001Id. at 36 . 2001Id. at 36 . | 3 | 1998–2001 |
Reith v. State
green
2 sentences2014Reith, 135 So.3d at 898 . 2011Reith, 2013 WL 1122311, at *4 . | 2 | 2011–2014 |
Buchanan v. State
green
1 sentence2024For this reason, we find that the 10 See generally Buchanan v. State, 567 So. 2d 194 (Miss. 1990). 20 trial court did not err in refusing to give the heat-of-passion manslaughter instruction. ¶48. | 1 | 2024–2024 |
Counted by distinct opinions that both name this issue and are annotated to the section; sections every opinion cites regardless of issue are not filtered here, so read the counts against the total above.
Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.