Connolly v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that an accused is not guilty of capital murder or felony murder where the intent to commit the underlying felony is formed only after the killing
• doctrine of felony murder 'has no place in securing a conviction' for capital robbery-murder
• doctrine of felony murder \has no place in securing a conviction\ for capital robbery-murder

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Bush v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1996-03-08· cited 196×
• Hallford v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1988-08-23· cited 151×
• Holladay v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1988-09-20· cited 139×
• Johnson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1992-01-31· cited 125×
• Knotts v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1995-06-16· cited 108×
• Jenkins v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1992-02-28· cited 100×
• Ex Parte Windsor
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1996-08-23· cited 99×
• Gaddy v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1995-05-26· cited 96×
• Smith v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1998-04-03· cited 93×
• Jackson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2000-03-31· cited 91×
• Lewis v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2003-05-30· cited 83×
• Williams v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1999-12-10· cited 79×
• Reeves v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2000-10-27· cited 79×
• Hutcherson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1994-08-19· cited 73×
• Ex Parte State of Alabama
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1986-10-03· cited 71×
• Brownlee v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1988-06-28· cited 70×
• Freeman v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1999-04-30· cited 67×
• Windsor v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1994-06-17· cited 65×
• Pierce v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1990-08-03· cited 60×
• Williams v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1991-09-20· cited 60×

Cites

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

• Strickland v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 123,578×
• Beck v. Alabama
  Supreme Court· 1980-06-20· cited 2,209×
• Spaziano v. Florida
  Supreme Court· 1984-07-02· cited 1,061×
• Hopper v. Evans
  Supreme Court· 1982-05-24· cited 715×
• Chavers v. State
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1978-04-07· cited 230×
• Clements v. State
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1979-01-26· cited 137×
• Cobern v. State
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1962-04-05· cited 122×
• United States v. James F. Bolden, United States of America v. George E. Jones
  D.C. Circuit· 1975-06-19· cited 112×
• Nat. SEC. Fire & Cas. Co. v. Bowen
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1983-09-30· cited 108×
• Griffith v. Board of Commissioners of the Alabama State Bar
  Supreme Court· 1966-01-17· cited 104×
• Fulghum v. State
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1973-05-10· cited 103×
• Bufford v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1980-02-26· cited 93×
• People v. Gonzales
  California Supreme Court· 1967-04-26· cited 84×
• O'Pry v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1982-12-22· cited 80×
• Crowe v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1983-07-05· cited 69×
• Ex Parte Thomas
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1984-08-24· cited 68×
• Warrick v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1984-10-09· cited 60×
• Ex Parte Pruitt
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1984-07-20· cited 56×
• United States v. Robert L. MacK United States of America v. Harold L. Johnson
  D.C. Circuit· 1972-10-24· cited 54×
• Thomas v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1983-10-04· cited 54×