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8 Mississippi opinions name it 2 courts 2007–2024 2 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 |
|---|---|---|
Howard v. Statered2 sentences2017Howard [is] no longer instructive with regard to whether or not a competency hearing should be held.” Hearn, 3 So. 3d at n.11. 14 no mitigating evidence, and submitted no jury instructions.” Id. at 279, 282 . 2008Howard v. State, 701 So.2d 274, 280-84 (Miss. 1997); Conner v. State, 632 So.2d 1239, 1247-51 (Miss.1993), overruled on other grounds. | 3 | 3 |
Eric LaQuinne Brown v. State of Mississippigreen2 sentences2024In affirming, we held that “Sanders and the later cases that have relied on Sanders do not apply to Brown’s 1999 guilty plea because they are not retroactive.” Id. at (¶21) (footnote and emphasis omitted). 2023Id. at 328 (¶2). ¶5. | 2 | 3 |
Sanders v. Stategreen2 sentences2020Lay contends that because he was ordered to undergo a mental exam, the circuit court was required to conduct a formal competency hearing before accepting his guilty plea in accordance with the Mississippi Supreme Court’s ruling in Sanders v. State, 9 So. 3d 1132, 1136 (¶16) (Miss. 2009). 2015In Sanders , the supreme court interpreted Rule 9.06 to mandate a formal competency hearing “once a trial court orders a psychiatric evaluation to determine competency to stand trial.” Sanders, 9 So.3d at 1136 (¶ 16). | 2 | 2 |
Conner v. Statered2 sentences2008Howard v. State, 701 So.2d 274, 280-84 (Miss. 1997); Conner v. State, 632 So.2d 1239, 1247-51 (Miss.1993), overruled on other grounds. 2007Howard v. State, 701 So. 2d 274, 280-84 (Miss. 1997); Conner v. State, 632 So. 2d 1239, 1247-51 (Miss. 1993), overruled on other grounds. | 2 | 2 |
Pruitt v. Stategreen1 sentence2020Pruitt, 53 So. 3d at 27 (¶¶12-13). 4 case does not show that the court conducted a formal competency hearing; however, during Pruitt’s plea hearing, the judge found that Pruitt was “competent to offer a plea of guilty.” ¶8. | 1 | 1 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Mississippi. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
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.