Carr v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that “[t]he relevant issue is whether the juror has the ability to consider mitigating evidence and the option of a life sentence”
• affirming death sentence; no Caldwell violation where prosecutor used of term “recommendation” with regard to jury’s role at sentencing; prosecutor did not a misstate of law and any possible confusion alleviated by comments during entire proceedings and charge
• “[I]t is improper to require the juror to enumerate hypothetical circumstances in which she might or might not vote to impose the death penalty.”
• \[I]t is improper to require the juror to enumerate hypothetical circumstances in which she might or might not vote to impose the death penalty.\
• \references to religion which invite jurors to base their verdict on extraneous matters not in evidence should be avoided in prosecutorial argument\
• improper to ask prospective juror to enumerate hypothetical circumstances where he or she might or might not vote to impose the death penalty

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• DeYoung v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1997-11-24· cited 174×
• Gissendaner v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-07-05· cited 131×
• State v. Rizzo
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2003-10-14· cited 127×
• Jenkins v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-02-23· cited 107×
• Mize v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-06-15· cited 105×
• Ledford v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2011-03-25· cited 99×
• Mullins v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-01-19· cited 97×
• Raulerson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1997-10-06· cited 93×
• Whatley v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-12-04· cited 92×
• Arrington v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2009-11-09· cited 91×
• Pye v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-09-21· cited 91×
• Butts v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2001-04-30· cited 90×
• Pace v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-12-03· cited 86×
• Lee v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-03-01· cited 83×
• King v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-11-30· cited 81×
• Wilson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-11-01· cited 73×
• Bishop v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1997-07-16· cited 73×
• Carruthers v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2000-03-06· cited 73×
• Lucas v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2001-11-19· cited 72×
• Brockman v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-03-04· cited 71×

Cites

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

• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Miranda v. Arizona
  Supreme Court· 1966-06-13· cited 58,288×
• Jackson v. Denno
  Supreme Court· 1964-06-22· cited 6,121×
• Rhode Island v. Innis
  Supreme Court· 1980-05-12· cited 5,571×
• Wainwright v. Witt
  Supreme Court· 1985-01-21· cited 3,997×
• Caldwell v. Mississippi
  Supreme Court· 1985-06-11· cited 2,827×
• Morgan v. Illinois
  Supreme Court· 1992-06-15· cited 1,584×
• Sawyer v. Smith
  Supreme Court· 1990-08-30· cited 646×
• Romano v. Oklahoma
  Supreme Court· 1994-06-13· cited 591×
• Eurus Kelly Waters v. Albert G. Thomas, Warden Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center
  Eleventh Circuit· 1995-04-04· cited 558×
• Arizona v. Mauro
  Supreme Court· 1987-06-26· cited 418×
• Pope v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1986-07-16· cited 182×
• Cargill v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1986-03-18· cited 172×
• Spivey v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1984-07-02· cited 163×
• Ingram v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1984-11-27· cited 151×
• Childs v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1987-06-18· cited 149×
• Romine v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1986-12-02· cited 135×
• Crowe v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1995-06-26· cited 133×
• Burgeson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1996-09-09· cited 126×
• Wilson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1983-03-01· cited 112×