Colwell 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 that Nevada's death penalty statute is essentially identical to the Georgia and Florida death penalty statutes upheld as facially constitutional by the United States Supreme Court
• holding that Nevada’s death penalty statute is essentially identical to the Georgia and Florida death penalty statutes upheld as facially constitutional by the United States Supreme Court
• rejecting claims that Nevada’s death penalty scheme forecloses executive clemency or violates the Eighth Amendment
• rejecting claims that Nevada's SUPREME COURT OF NEVADA 20 (0) 1947A e death penalty scheme violates the United States or Nevada Constitutions
• rejecting claims that Nevada's death penalty scheme violates the United States or Nevada Constitutions

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Soto v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2004-04-22· cited 139×
• Nunnery v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2011-10-27· cited 126×
• Jeremias v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2018-03-01· cited 114×
• Kaczmarek v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2004-06-07· cited 112×
• Colwell v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2002-12-18· cited 107×
• Rhyne v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2002-01-16· cited 80×
• Johnson v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2002-12-18· cited 71×
• Hollaway v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2000-08-23· cited 66×
• State v. Haberstroh
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2003-05-30· cited 60×
• Leonard v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2001-01-30· cited 52×
• State v. Second Judicial District Court ex rel. County of Washoe
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2000-11-02· cited 40×
• Chapman v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2008-04-21· cited 28×
• BELCHER, JR. (NORMAN) VS. STATE (DEATH PENALTY-DIRECT)
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2020-06-04· cited 26×
• State v. Dist. Ct.
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2000-11-02· cited 23×
• Williams v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1997-08-28· cited 18×
• Calambro v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1998-01-22· cited 17×
• Sheriff, Washoe County v. Marcus
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2000-02-23· cited 17×
• Maestas v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2012-03-29· cited 16×
• Watson v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2014-10-02
• JEREMIAS (RALPH) VS. STATE (DEATH PENALTY-DIRECT)
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2018-03-01

Cites

18 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Faretta v. California
  Supreme Court· 1975-06-30· cited 11,585×
• Spaziano v. Florida
  Supreme Court· 1984-07-02· cited 1,061×
• Cabana v. Bullock
  Supreme Court· 1986-01-22· cited 536×
• State v. Felde
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1982-10-18· cited 94×
• Deutscher v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1979-10-18· cited 79×
• Allen v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1983-06-14· cited 50×
• Pinana v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1960-05-31· cited 49×
• People Ex Rel. Rice v. Cunningham
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1975-09-29· cited 48×
• Bishop v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1979-07-02· cited 42×
• Riker v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1995-11-01· cited 35×
• Redmen v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1992-03-13· cited 31×
• Bergman v. Kearney
  D. Nevada· 1917-03-08· cited 27×
• State Ex Rel. Watson v. Merialdo
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1954-03-29· cited 21×
• Paine v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1994-07-07· cited 21×
• Rohlfing v. Second Judicial District Court
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1990-12-20· cited 16×
• Baal v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1990-02-22· cited 14×
• Pacific Live Stock Co. v. Ellison Ranching Co.
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1923-01-15· cited 10×
• Johnson v. Goldman
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1978-01-25· cited 8×