10 Mississippi opinions name it 2 courts 1978–2016 0 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 |
|---|---|---|
Mitchell v. Barnesgreen2 sentences2016But a jury’s verdict will not be reversed just because one instruction could have been drafted better; we do not require such “perfect[ion].” Mitchell, 96 So.3d at 775 (¶ 9) (quoting Burton ex rel. 2015But a jury’s verdict will not be reversed just because one instruction could have been drafted better; we do not require such “perfect[ion].” Mitchell, 96 So. 3d at 775 (¶9) (quoting Burton ex rel. | 2 | 2 |
Milano v. Stategreen1 sentence2009In fact, C-ll is taken almost verbatim from the Fifth Circuit’s model instruction adopted by the Mississippi Supreme Court in order to “cure future problems regarding this issue.” See Milano, 790 So.2d at 185 (¶ 21). | 1 | 1 |
Folk v. Stategreen1 sentence2000The Sharplin instruction is "a model instruction intended and perceived as a non-coercive reminder to the jurors of their duties under the law and of their responsibilities to the parties and their community." Folk v. State, 576 So.2d 1243, 1250-51 (Miss.1991). | 1 | 1 |
Wheeler v. Stategreen1 sentence1991See, e.g., Wheeler v. State, 536 So.2d 1347, 1353 (Miss. 1988). | 1 | 1 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Mississippi. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
|---|---|---|
Day v. Morrison
green
2 sentences2003Although the jury instruction was inartfully drawn and is not a model instruction to be followed, it is not an erroneous statement of the law and does not conflict with this Court's holding in Day v. Morrison, 657 So.2d 808 (Miss.1995). 1997Although the jury instruction was inartfully drawn and is not a model instruction to be followed, it is not an erroneous statement of the law and does not conflict with this Court’s holding in Day v. Morrison, 657 So.2d 808 (Miss. 1995). | 2 | 1997–2003 |
Sharplin v. State
green
2 sentences1981The complained of instruction was approved by this Court in Sharplin v. State, 330 So.2d 591 (Miss. 1976), as a model instruction which might be given, at the discretion of the trial judge, when a jury is unable to reach a verdict. 1978In Sharplin v. State, 330 So.2d 591 (Miss. 1976), the Court said: "We approve the foregoing instruction. | 2 | 1978–1981 |
Quarles v. State
green
1 sentence1984The model instruction omits the above element (3) which states that the instruction be "qualified to tell the jury it must find the facts before it can use flight, along with other circumstances, to support an inference of guilt." This Court held in Quarles, supra, that this was a necessary qualifying part of a flight instruction. | 1 | 1984–1984 |
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.