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9 Mississippi opinions name it 2 courts 1998–2025 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.
| Case | Followed | Cited |
|---|---|---|
Quang Thanh Tran v. Stategreen2 sentences2025Because it was clear that the defendant “had fair notice and an opportunity to prepare a defense” to the charge, the Court held that the lack of specificity in his indictment was “harmless error.” Id. (¶¶43-44). ¶18. 2024Id. at 1248 (¶43) (emphasis added). ¶15. | 2 | 3 |
Williams v. Stategreen2 sentences2003Williams v. State, 772 So.2d 406, 409 (¶ 13) (Miss.2000). ¶ 10. 2002As aforementioned, the indictment stated that he was being charged with the crime of carjacking because he "did recklessly and knowingly by force or violence, by the exhibition of a knife, take a motor vehicle from Farrah Goodman." "[T]ake a motor vehicle from Farrah Goodman" is equivalent to the words "from a person's immediate actual possession." Id. at (¶ 13) (citations omitted). | 1 | 2 |
Sara Jane Koch v. State of Mississippigreen1 sentence2021The Court did caution that it did “not wish to diminish the importance of the information required to be included in an indictment” and that “were it not for the abundance of evidence in the record that Tran had fair notice and an opportunity to prepare a defense, 16 his constitutionally-infirm indictment would require that we reverse his conviction.” Id. at 1248 (¶43); see also Taylor, 94 So. 3d at 306-07 (¶20) (applying harmless error analysis to indictment for felony driving under the influence causing death or disfigurement when defendant “had notice of the basis for the negligence charged | 1 | 1 |
Taylor v. Stategreen1 sentence2021The Court did caution that it did “not wish to diminish the importance of the information required to be included in an indictment” and that “were it not for the abundance of evidence in the record that Tran had fair notice and an opportunity to prepare a defense, 16 his constitutionally-infirm indictment would require that we reverse his conviction.” Id. at 1248 (¶43); see also Taylor, 94 So. 3d at 306-07 (¶20) (applying harmless error analysis to indictment for felony driving under the influence causing death or disfigurement when defendant “had notice of the basis for the negligence charged | 1 | 1 |
Tucker v. Stategreen2 sentences2010Id. at 176. ¶ 7. 2010Id. at 176. ¶ 7. | 1 | 1 |
United States v. Asiborgreen1 sentence2000See U.S. v. Asibor, 109 F.3d 1023, 1037 (5th Cir.1997). | 1 | 1 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Mississippi. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
|---|---|---|
Dalgo v. State
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1 sentence1998For this assertion he relies on Dalgo v. State, 435 So.2d 628 (Miss. 1983) alone. | 1 | 1998–1998 |
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.