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defective-indictment claim in Mississippi

6 Mississippi opinions name it 2 courts 2016–2023 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 (10)

CaseFollowedCited
Bell v. Stategreen
miss · 2013 · cited in 4 Mississippi opinions naming this issue, 2020–2021
2 sentences

2021See Chapman v. State, 167 So. 3d 1170 , 1174–75 (Miss. 2015); Smith v. State, 149 So. 3d 1027, 1031 (Miss. 2014), overruled on other grounds by Pitchford v. State, 240 So. 3d 1061 (Miss. 2017); Bell v. State, 123 So. 3d 924, 925 (Miss. 2013); Rowland v. State, 98 So. 3d 1032 , 1035–36 (Miss. 2012), overruled on other grounds by Carson v. State, 212 So. 3d 22 (Miss. 2016); see also Bevill v. State, 669 So. 2d 14, 17 (Miss. 1996); Brown v. State, 187 So. 3d 667, 671 (Miss.

2021See Chapman v. State, 167 So. 3d 1170 , 1174–75 (Miss. 2015); Smith v. State, 149 So. 3d 1027, 1031 (Miss. 2014), overruled on other grounds by Pitchford v. State, 240 So. 3d 1061 (Miss. 2017); Bell v. State, 123 So. 3d 924, 925 (Miss. 2013); Rowland v. State, 98 So. 3d 1032 , 1035–36 (Miss. 2012), overruled on other grounds by Carson v. State, 212 So. 3d 22 (Miss. 2016); see also Bevill v. State, 669 So. 2d 14, 17 (Miss. 1996); Brown v. State, 187 So. 3d 667, 671 (Miss.

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Donald Keith Smith v. State of Mississippigreen
miss · 2014 · cited in 4 Mississippi opinions naming this issue, 2020–2021
2 sentences

2021See Chapman v. State, 167 So. 3d 1170 , 1174–75 (Miss. 2015); Smith v. State, 149 So. 3d 1027, 1031 (Miss. 2014), overruled on other grounds by Pitchford v. State, 240 So. 3d 1061 (Miss. 2017); Bell v. State, 123 So. 3d 924, 925 (Miss. 2013); Rowland v. State, 98 So. 3d 1032 , 1035–36 (Miss. 2012), overruled on other grounds by Carson v. State, 212 So. 3d 22 (Miss. 2016); see also Bevill v. State, 669 So. 2d 14, 17 (Miss. 1996); Brown v. State, 187 So. 3d 667, 671 (Miss.

2021See Chapman v. State, 167 So. 3d 1170 , 1174–75 (Miss. 2015); Smith v. State, 149 So. 3d 1027, 1031 (Miss. 2014), overruled on other grounds by Pitchford v. State, 240 So. 3d 1061 (Miss. 2017); Bell v. State, 123 So. 3d 924, 925 (Miss. 2013); Rowland v. State, 98 So. 3d 1032 , 1035–36 (Miss. 2012), overruled on other grounds by Carson v. State, 212 So. 3d 22 (Miss. 2016); see also Bevill v. State, 669 So. 2d 14, 17 (Miss. 1996); Brown v. State, 187 So. 3d 667, 671 (Miss.

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Richard Chapman v. State of Mississippigreen
miss · 2015 · cited in 4 Mississippi opinions naming this issue, 2020–2021
2 sentences

2021See Chapman v. State, 167 So. 3d 1170 , 1174–75 (Miss. 2015); Smith v. State, 149 So. 3d 1027, 1031 (Miss. 2014), overruled on other grounds by Pitchford v. State, 240 So. 3d 1061 (Miss. 2017); Bell v. State, 123 So. 3d 924, 925 (Miss. 2013); Rowland v. State, 98 So. 3d 1032 , 1035–36 (Miss. 2012), overruled on other grounds by Carson v. State, 212 So. 3d 22 (Miss. 2016); see also Bevill v. State, 669 So. 2d 14, 17 (Miss. 1996); Brown v. State, 187 So. 3d 667, 671 (Miss.

2021See Chapman v. State, 167 So. 3d 1170 , 1174–75 (Miss. 2015); Smith v. State, 149 So. 3d 1027, 1031 (Miss. 2014), overruled on other grounds by Pitchford v. State, 240 So. 3d 1061 (Miss. 2017); Bell v. State, 123 So. 3d 924, 925 (Miss. 2013); Rowland v. State, 98 So. 3d 1032 , 1035–36 (Miss. 2012), overruled on other grounds by Carson v. State, 212 So. 3d 22 (Miss. 2016); see also Bevill v. State, 669 So. 2d 14, 17 (Miss. 1996); Brown v. State, 187 So. 3d 667, 671 (Miss.

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Kevin Brown v. State of Mississippigreen
missctapp · 2016 · cited in 3 Mississippi opinions naming this issue, 2020–2021
2 sentences

2021See Chapman v. State, 167 So. 3d 1170 , 1174–75 (Miss. 2015); Smith v. State, 149 So. 3d 1027, 1031 (Miss. 2014), overruled on other grounds by Pitchford v. State, 240 So. 3d 1061 (Miss. 2017); Bell v. State, 123 So. 3d 924, 925 (Miss. 2013); Rowland v. State, 98 So. 3d 1032 , 1035–36 (Miss. 2012), overruled on other grounds by Carson v. State, 212 So. 3d 22 (Miss. 2016); see also Bevill v. State, 669 So. 2d 14, 17 (Miss. 1996); Brown v. State, 187 So. 3d 667, 671 (Miss.

2021See Chapman v. State, 167 So. 3d 1170 , 1174–75 (Miss. 2015); Smith v. State, 149 So. 3d 1027, 1031 (Miss. 2014), overruled on other grounds by Pitchford v. State, 240 So. 3d 1061 (Miss. 2017); Bell v. State, 123 So. 3d 924, 925 (Miss. 2013); Rowland v. State, 98 So. 3d 1032 , 1035–36 (Miss. 2012), overruled on other grounds by Carson v. State, 212 So. 3d 22 (Miss. 2016); see also Bevill v. State, 669 So. 2d 14, 17 (Miss. 1996); Brown v. State, 187 So. 3d 667, 671 (Miss.

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Bevill v. Stategreen
miss · 1996 · cited in 2 Mississippi opinions naming this issue, 2021–2021
2 sentences

2021See Chapman v. State, 167 So. 3d 1170 , 1174–75 (Miss. 2015); Smith v. State, 149 So. 3d 1027, 1031 (Miss. 2014), overruled on other grounds by Pitchford v. State, 240 So. 3d 1061 (Miss. 2017); Bell v. State, 123 So. 3d 924, 925 (Miss. 2013); Rowland v. State, 98 So. 3d 1032 , 1035–36 (Miss. 2012), overruled on other grounds by Carson v. State, 212 So. 3d 22 (Miss. 2016); see also Bevill v. State, 669 So. 2d 14, 17 (Miss. 1996); Brown v. State, 187 So. 3d 667, 671 (Miss.

2021See Chapman v. State, 167 So. 3d 1170 , 1174–75 (Miss. 2015); Smith v. State, 149 So. 3d 1027, 1031 (Miss. 2014), overruled on other grounds by Pitchford v. State, 240 So. 3d 1061 (Miss. 2017); Bell v. State, 123 So. 3d 924, 925 (Miss. 2013); Rowland v. State, 98 So. 3d 1032 , 1035–36 (Miss. 2012), overruled on other grounds by Carson v. State, 212 So. 3d 22 (Miss. 2016); see also Bevill v. State, 669 So. 2d 14, 17 (Miss. 1996); Brown v. State, 187 So. 3d 667, 671 (Miss.

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Rowland v. Statered
miss · 2012 · cited in 4 Mississippi opinions naming this issue, 2020–2021
2 sentences

2021See Chapman v. State, 167 So. 3d 1170 , 1174–75 (Miss. 2015); Smith v. State, 149 So. 3d 1027, 1031 (Miss. 2014), overruled on other grounds by Pitchford v. State, 240 So. 3d 1061 (Miss. 2017); Bell v. State, 123 So. 3d 924, 925 (Miss. 2013); Rowland v. State, 98 So. 3d 1032 , 1035–36 (Miss. 2012), overruled on other grounds by Carson v. State, 212 So. 3d 22 (Miss. 2016); see also Bevill v. State, 669 So. 2d 14, 17 (Miss. 1996); Brown v. State, 187 So. 3d 667, 671 (Miss.

2020Although an illegal-sentence claim is an exception to the time, waiver, and successive- writ bars, Rowland v. State, 98 So. 3d 1032, 1035-36 (Miss. 2012), overruled on other grounds by Carson v. State, 212 So. 3d 22 (Miss. 2016),. a defective-indictment claim-which is the basis for Cummings's illegal-sentence claim-does not meet any recognized exception to the bars.

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Robert Carson v. State of Mississippigreen
miss · 2016 · cited in 3 Mississippi opinions naming this issue, 2020–2021
2 sentences

2021See Chapman v. State, 167 So. 3d 1170 , 1174–75 (Miss. 2015); Smith v. State, 149 So. 3d 1027, 1031 (Miss. 2014), overruled on other grounds by Pitchford v. State, 240 So. 3d 1061 (Miss. 2017); Bell v. State, 123 So. 3d 924, 925 (Miss. 2013); Rowland v. State, 98 So. 3d 1032 , 1035–36 (Miss. 2012), overruled on other grounds by Carson v. State, 212 So. 3d 22 (Miss. 2016); see also Bevill v. State, 669 So. 2d 14, 17 (Miss. 1996); Brown v. State, 187 So. 3d 667, 671 (Miss.

2020Although an illegal-sentence claim is an exception to the time, waiver, and successive- writ bars, Rowland v. State, 98 So. 3d 1032, 1035-36 (Miss. 2012), overruled on other grounds by Carson v. State, 212 So. 3d 22 (Miss. 2016),. a defective-indictment claim-which is the basis for Cummings's illegal-sentence claim-does not meet any recognized exception to the bars.

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Brian Sweet v. State of Mississippigreen
missctapp · 2015 · cited in 1 Mississippi opinions naming this issue, 2023–2023
1 sentence

2023Sweet v. State, 177 So. 3d 833, 835 (¶9) (Miss.

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Ross v. Stategreen
miss · 2007 · cited in 1 Mississippi opinions naming this issue, 2020–2020
1 sentence

2020Yet we have held that "a challenge to an: indictment for failure to charge the essential elements of a criminal offense affects a fundamental right .... " Carson v. State, 212 So. 3d 22, 31 (Miss.2016) (internal quotation mark omitted) (quoting Ross v. State, 954 So. 2d 968, 1015 (Miss. 2007)).

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Sinclair v. Stategreen
· 1931 · cited in 1 Mississippi opinions naming this issue, 2016–2016
2 sentences

2016Sinclair v. State, 161 Miss. 142 , 132 So. 581, 592 (1931) (“The Legislature has full power to declare and define crime. . . .”).

2016Sinclair v. State, 161 Miss. 142 , 132 So. 581, 592 (1931) (“The Legislature has full power to declare and define crime. . . .”).

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Distinguished, questioned or overruled (0)

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Also cited on this issue (1)

CaseCitedYears
Terry Pitchford v. State of Mississippi green
miss · 2017
2 sentences

2021See Chapman v. State, 167 So. 3d 1170 , 1174–75 (Miss. 2015); Smith v. State, 149 So. 3d 1027, 1031 (Miss. 2014), overruled on other grounds by Pitchford v. State, 240 So. 3d 1061 (Miss. 2017); Bell v. State, 123 So. 3d 924, 925 (Miss. 2013); Rowland v. State, 98 So. 3d 1032 , 1035–36 (Miss. 2012), overruled on other grounds by Carson v. State, 212 So. 3d 22 (Miss. 2016); see also Bevill v. State, 669 So. 2d 14, 17 (Miss. 1996); Brown v. State, 187 So. 3d 667, 671 (Miss.

2021See Chapman v. State, 167 So. 3d 1170 , 1174–75 (Miss. 2015); Smith v. State, 149 So. 3d 1027, 1031 (Miss. 2014), overruled on other grounds by Pitchford v. State, 240 So. 3d 1061 (Miss. 2017); Bell v. State, 123 So. 3d 924, 925 (Miss. 2013); Rowland v. State, 98 So. 3d 1032 , 1035–36 (Miss. 2012), overruled on other grounds by Carson v. State, 212 So. 3d 22 (Miss. 2016); see also Bevill v. State, 669 So. 2d 14, 17 (Miss. 1996); Brown v. State, 187 So. 3d 667, 671 (Miss.

42020–2021

Where else courts name it

MS 6 (2016–2023) OH 4 (2009–2025) GA 3 (2018–2026) TN 2 (2013–2016)

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