Arnold v. State

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding unconstitutionally vague aggravating condition that \murder [is] committed by a person who has a substantial history of serious assaultive criminal convictions\
• statute cannot withstand constitutional scrutiny if its guidelines leave too much room for personal decision making
• “substantial history of serious assaultive criminal convictions” held unconstitutionally vague in death penalty case
• Georgia statute allowing death penalty where murder is committed by person having “substantial history of serious assaultive criminal convictions” found vague and unable to withstand constitutional scrutiny

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

89 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Gregg v. Georgia
  Supreme Court· 1976-07-22· cited 7,936×
• Zant v. Stephens
  Supreme Court· 1983-06-22· cited 2,410×
• Godfrey v. Georgia
  Supreme Court· 1980-05-19· cited 1,672×
• State v. Jenkins
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1984-12-17· cited 1,098×
• Tuilaepa v. California
  Supreme Court· 1994-06-30· cited 983×
• Barclay v. Florida
  Supreme Court· 1983-07-06· cited 820×
• State v. Ramseur
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1987-03-05· cited 731×
• Stringer v. Black
  Supreme Court· 1992-03-09· cited 682×
• Commonwealth v. Simpson
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-03-26· cited 361×
• State v. Biegenwald
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1987-03-05· cited 269×
• People v. Breaux
  California Supreme Court· 1991-12-30· cited 244×
• State v. Bartholomew
  Washington Supreme Court· 1984-05-24· cited 200×
• Warren McCleskey Cross-Appellant v. Ralph Kemp, Warden, Cross-Appellee
  Eleventh Circuit· 1985-01-29· cited 187×
• United States v. Manuel Flores, United States of America v. Juan Raul Garza
  Fifth Circuit· 1995-09-01· cited 185×
• Gall v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1980-10-14· cited 173×
• People v. Davis
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1990-07-09· cited 154×
• Birt v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1976-04-20· cited 153×
• Mooney v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1979-03-15· cited 148×
• People v. King
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1986-01-23· cited 143×
• State v. Monroe
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1981-04-06· cited 135×

Cites

41 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Furman v. Georgia
  Supreme Court· 1972-06-29· cited 5,066×
• Witherspoon v. Illinois
  Supreme Court· 1968-06-03· cited 4,818×
• Smith v. Goguen
  Supreme Court· 1974-03-25· cited 1,514×
• Coates v. City of Cincinnati
  Supreme Court· 1971-06-01· cited 1,269×
• United States v. Raines
  Supreme Court· 1960-02-29· cited 1,174×
• Boulden v. Holman
  Supreme Court· 1969-04-02· cited 477×
• Aldridge v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1931-04-20· cited 452×
• Connors v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1895-05-20· cited 257×
• Maxwell v. Bishop
  Supreme Court· 1970-06-01· cited 233×
• Coley v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1974-03-08· cited 150×
• Whitlock v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1973-06-21· cited 133×
• Shy v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1975-09-02· cited 106×
• Dobbs v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1976-02-24· cited 101×
• West v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1974-10-01· cited 95×
• Eberheart v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1974-04-30· cited 89×
• Spear v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1973-01-22· cited 89×
• Prevatte v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1975-02-25· cited 75×
• Ross v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1974-11-18· cited 74×
• Gelling v. Texas
  Supreme Court· 1952-06-02· cited 71×
• Hargrove v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1906-05-11· cited 69×