Bivins v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• outlawing the use of non-statutory aggravating circum- 6 Nos. 07-2093 and 07-2182 stances under Indiana state law
• use of “the,” by contrast with “any,” implies an intent to limit what is to be considered
• jury may consider mercy and is not bound to convict
• no violation of single larceny rule where defendant convicted of one count of theft for taking victim’s money, credit card, and car keys from motel room and second count of theft for taking victim’s car from motel parking lot
• victim impact evidence inadmissible in capital cases

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Richardson v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1999-10-01· cited 824×
• Lambert v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2001-03-05· cited 456×
• Andrew Conley v. State of Indiana
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2012-07-31· cited 392×
• Bieghler v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1997-12-18· cited 316×
• Cooper v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2006-10-05· cited 297×
• Randy L. Knapp v. State of Indiana
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2014-06-12· cited 270×
• State v. Allen
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1999-12-01· cited 208×
• Wrinkles v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2001-06-29· cited 196×
• Cargle v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma· 1995-12-22· cited 189×
• State v. Muhammad
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1996-06-28· cited 163×
• Stephenson v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2001-01-25· cited 148×
• Timberlake v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1997-12-30· cited 148×
• Peterson v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1996-12-13· cited 145×
• Ritchie v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2004-05-25· cited 142×
• Harrison v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1995-01-04· cited 141×
• Spranger v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1995-05-24· cited 140×
• Allen v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2001-06-29· cited 137×
• State v. Rizzo
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2003-10-14· cited 127×
• Overstreet v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2003-02-24· cited 125×
• Stephenson v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2007-04-26· cited 124×

Cites

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

• Chapman v. California
  Supreme Court· 1967-03-27· cited 23,069×
• In Re WINSHIP
  Supreme Court· 1970-05-18· cited 11,712×
• Gregg v. Georgia
  Supreme Court· 1976-07-22· cited 7,936×
• Lockett v. Ohio
  Supreme Court· 1978-07-03· cited 5,026×
• Payne v. Tennessee
  Supreme Court· 1991-09-13· cited 3,458×
• Arizona v. Youngblood
  Supreme Court· 1989-01-23· cited 3,366×
• Eddings v. Oklahoma
  Supreme Court· 1982-01-19· cited 3,271×
• Zant v. Stephens
  Supreme Court· 1983-06-22· cited 2,410×
• Victor v. Nebraska
  Supreme Court· 1994-05-16· cited 1,656×
• Mills v. Maryland
  Supreme Court· 1988-06-06· cited 1,392×
• Colorado v. Spring
  Supreme Court· 1987-01-27· cited 1,070×
• Bottoson v. Florida
  Supreme Court· 1984-10-01· cited 793×
• Stringer v. Black
  Supreme Court· 1992-03-09· cited 682×
• Schiro v. Farley
  Supreme Court· 1994-01-19· cited 550×
• Wyrick v. Fields
  Supreme Court· 1982-11-29· cited 424×
• Sochor v. Florida
  Supreme Court· 1992-06-08· cited 346×
• Espinosa v. Florida
  Supreme Court· 1992-06-29· cited 324×
• Bieghler v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1985-07-31· cited 201×
• Hammons v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1986-06-25· cited 174×
• Deboue v. Louisiana
  Supreme Court· 1990-10-01· cited 160×

Other cases named Bivins v. State

33 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Bivins v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2000-09-26· cited 32×
• Bivins v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1970-06-01· cited 31×
• Bivins v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1982-04-02· cited 24×
• Bivins v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1985-11-21· cited 21×
• Bivins v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1983-05-11· cited 14×
• Bivins v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1916-06-27· cited 11×
• Bivins v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1997-09-26· cited 7×
• Bivins v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1909-01-27· cited 7×
• Bivins v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1975-06-06· cited 4×
• Bivins v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1969-03-12· cited 4×
• Bivins v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1984-08-15· cited 4×
• Bivins v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2010-05-06· cited 3×
• Bivins v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1986-03-12· cited 3×
• Bivins v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1917-08-18· cited 3×
• Bivins v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1933-08-03· cited 3×
• Bivins v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1915-05-11· cited 2×
• Bivins v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1922-07-25· cited 2×
• Bivins v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1969-12-17· cited 2×
• Bivins v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1963-05-15· cited 1×
• Bivins v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1915-12-15· cited 1×
• Bivins v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1995-05-26· cited 1×
• Bivins v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1968-04-09· cited 1×
• Bivins v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2008-05-07
• Bivins v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2008-10-21
• Bivins v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2013-01-16
• Bivins v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2001-01-19
• Bivins v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1970-02-15
• Bivins v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1970-05-15
• Bivins v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2018-08-14
• Bivins v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2018-11-14
• Bivins v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2001-10-10
• Bivins v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2004-11-17
• Bivins v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1985-06-24