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passion defense in Mississippi

12 Mississippi opinions name it 2 courts 1998–2024 3 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.

Followed or applied (6)

CaseFollowedCited
Phillips v. Stategreen
miss · 2001 · cited in 7 Mississippi opinions naming this issue, 2009–2024
2 sentences

2024But “words alone and disagreements among people are not enough to invoke the passion required for this defense.” Abeyta, 137 So. 3d at 310-11 (¶10) (quoting Phillips v. State, 794 So. 2d 1034, 1037 (¶10) (Miss. 2001)). ¶19.

2023But this Court has “stated that words alone and disagreements among people are not enough to invoke the passion required for this defense.” Phillips v. State, 794 So. 2d 1034, 1037 (Miss. 2001).

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Abeyta v. Stategreen
miss · 2014 · cited in 4 Mississippi opinions naming this issue, 2017–2024
2 sentences

2024But “words alone and disagreements among people are not enough to invoke the passion required for this defense.” Abeyta, 137 So. 3d at 310-11 (¶10) (quoting Phillips v. State, 794 So. 2d 1034, 1037 (¶10) (Miss. 2001)). ¶19.

2024The response must be the result of “some insult, 15 provocation, or injury [that] would naturally and instantly produce, in the minds of ordinarily constituted men, the highest degree of exasperation.” Abeyta, 137 So. 3d at 310 (¶10). “[W]ords alone and disagreements among people are not enough to invoke the passion required for this defense.” Baker v. State, 304 So. 3d 707 , 712 (¶17) (Miss.

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Gates v. Stategreen
miss · 1986 · cited in 5 Mississippi opinions naming this issue, 1998–2014
2 sentences

2014Additionally, “words alone and disagreements among people are not enough to invoke the passion required for this defense. ‘Mere words, no matter how provocative, are insufficient to reduce an intentional and unjustifiable homicide from murder to manslaughter.’ ” Phillips v. State, 794 So.2d 1034, 1037 (Miss.2001) (quoting Gates v. State, 484 So.2d 1002 (Miss.1986)). ¶ 11.

2013Additionally, “words alone and disagreements among people are not enough to invoke the passion required for this defense. ‘Mere words, no matter how provocative, are insufficient to reduce an intentional and unjustifiable homicide from murder 5 to manslaughter.’” Phillips v. State, 794 So. 2d 1034, 1037 (Miss. 2001) (quoting Gates v. State, 484 So. 2d 1002 (Miss. 1986)). ¶11.

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Stevens v. Stategreen
miss · 1984 · cited in 2 Mississippi opinions naming this issue, 1998–2001
2 sentences

2001"Mere words, no matter how provocative, are insufficient to reduce an intentional and unjustifiable homicide from murder to manslaughter." Gates v. State, 484 So.2d 1002, 1005 (Miss.1986) (citing Stevens v. State, 458 So.2d 726, 731 (Miss.1984); Johnson v. State, 416 So.2d 383, 387-88 (Miss.1982)).

1998"Mere words, no matter how provocative, are insufficient to reduce an intentional and unjustifiable homicide from murder to manslaughter." Gates v. State, 484 So. 2d 1002, 1005 (Miss. 1986) (citing Stevens v. State, 458 So. 2d 726, 731 (Miss. 1984); Johnson v. State, 416 So.2d 383, 387-88 (Miss. 1982)).

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Johnson v. Stategreen
miss · 1982 · cited in 2 Mississippi opinions naming this issue, 1998–2001
2 sentences

2001"Mere words, no matter how provocative, are insufficient to reduce an intentional and unjustifiable homicide from murder to manslaughter." Gates v. State, 484 So.2d 1002, 1005 (Miss.1986) (citing Stevens v. State, 458 So.2d 726, 731 (Miss.1984); Johnson v. State, 416 So.2d 383, 387-88 (Miss.1982)).

1998"Mere words, no matter how provocative, are insufficient to reduce an intentional and unjustifiable homicide from murder to manslaughter." Gates v. State, 484 So. 2d 1002, 1005 (Miss. 1986) (citing Stevens v. State, 458 So. 2d 726, 731 (Miss. 1984); Johnson v. State, 416 So.2d 383, 387-88 (Miss. 1982)).

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Anderson v. Stategreen
miss · 2012 · cited in 1 Mississippi opinions naming this issue, 2012–2012
1 sentence

2012However, the supreme court has stated that “words alone and disagreements among people are not enough to invoke the passion required for this defense.” Phillips v. State, 794 So.2d 1034, 1037 (¶ 10) (Miss.2001). “[M]ere words, no matter how provocative, are insufficient to reduce an intentional and unjustifiable homicide from murder to manslaughter.” Anderson, 79 So.3d at 506 (¶ 18) (quoting Phillips, 794 So.2d at 1037 (¶ 10)). ¶ 13.

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Distinguished, questioned or overruled (0)

CaseNegativeCited
No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Mississippi. Read the followed side critically anyway.

Statutes the citing opinions construe

MS § Miss. Code Ann. § 97-3-35 (11) MS § Miss. Code Ann. § 97-3-19 (10)

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.

Where else courts name it

MS 12 (1998–2024) CA 2 (2013–2016)

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.

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