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accomplice jury instruction in Mississippi

6 Mississippi opinions name it 2 courts 2005–2019 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.

Followed or applied (6)

CaseFollowedCited
Burke v. Stategreen
miss · 1991 · cited in 3 Mississippi opinions naming this issue, 2005–2019
2 sentences

2019Brown v. State, 890 So. 2d 901, 910 (Miss. 2004) (citing Burke v. State, 576 So. 2d 1239, 1242 (Miss. 1991)).

2008Burke v. State, 576 So.2d 1239, 1242 (Miss.1991).

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Brown v. Stategreen
miss · 2004 · cited in 1 Mississippi opinions naming this issue, 2019–2019
1 sentence

2019Brown v. State, 890 So. 2d 901, 910 (Miss. 2004) (citing Burke v. State, 576 So. 2d 1239, 1242 (Miss. 1991)).

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Walton v. Stategreen
miss · 2008 · cited in 1 Mississippi opinions naming this issue, 2018–2018
1 sentence

2018Therefore, when an accomplice jury instruction is requested, the jury must be instructed that the uncorroborated testimony should be regarded with “great caution and suspicion.” Williams, 32 So. 3d at 490-91 (¶15) (quoting Walton v. State, 998 So. 2d 971, 977 (¶17) (Miss. 2008)).

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Williams v. Stategreen
miss · 2010 · cited in 1 Mississippi opinions naming this issue, 2018–2018
1 sentence

2018Therefore, when an accomplice jury instruction is requested, the jury must be instructed that the uncorroborated testimony should be regarded with “great caution and suspicion.” Williams, 32 So. 3d at 490-91 (¶15) (quoting Walton v. State, 998 So. 2d 971, 977 (¶17) (Miss. 2008)).

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Wheeler v. Stategreen
miss · 1990 · cited in 1 Mississippi opinions naming this issue, 2007–2007
1 sentence

2007Wheeler v. State, 560 So.2d 171, 173 (Miss. 1990) (quoting Derden v. State, 522 So.2d 752, 754 (Miss.1988)).

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Derden v. Stategreen
miss · 1988 · cited in 1 Mississippi opinions naming this issue, 2007–2007
2 sentences

2007Wheeler v. State, 560 So.2d 171, 173 (Miss. 1990) (quoting Derden v. State, 522 So.2d 752, 754 (Miss.1988)).

2007Id.

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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.

Also cited on this issue (1)

CaseCitedYears
Goldsmith v. State green
miss · 2016
2 sentences

2019Jones, 203 So. 3d at 611–12.

2018More recently, in Jones v. State , 203 So.3d 600 , 611-12 (¶ 35) (Miss. 2016), the Court has approved the use of the following accomplice jury instruction: During the course of his testimony in this trial, the witness John Doe claimed to have participated with the defendant in [the crime for which the defendant is on trial].

22018–2019

Where else courts name it

MS 6 (2005–2019) IL 4 (1991–2023) PA 4 (1992–2016) OH 3 (2011–2015) TX 3 (2005–2015) FL 2 (2001–2003) AZ 2 (2020–2020) MI 2 (2018–2018)

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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