Dawson v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• addressing prosecutor’s comments that allegedly expressed an opinion about the defendant’s guilt and the appropriate sentence
• addressing prosecutor's comments that allegedly expressed an opinion about the defendant's guilt and the appropriate sentence
• “Because of the delicate task which the trier of fact has in weighing the mitigating circumstances against the aggravating circumstances, the kind and level of prejudice which might not require reversal of a conviction may be sufficient to require reversal of a death penalty”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

10 cases in this archive cite this case.

• People v. Thomas
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1990-07-03· cited 175×
• People v. Harlan
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 2000-09-11· cited 120×
• Evans v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1996-10-22· cited 71×
• Canape v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1993-09-09· cited 56×
• State v. Ortiz
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2000-08-23· cited 35×
• Lane v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1994-09-29· cited 31×
• Neill v. Gibson
  Tenth Circuit· 2001-08-27· cited 14×
• Mazzan v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1989-11-27· cited 8×
• Bennett v. Stirling
  D. South Carolina· 2016-03-16· cited 6×
• State v. Menter
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1995-10-30· cited 1×

Cites

4 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Caldwell v. Mississippi
  Supreme Court· 1985-06-11· cited 2,827×
• Zant v. Stephens
  Supreme Court· 1983-06-22· cited 2,410×
• Turner v. Murray
  Supreme Court· 1986-04-30· cited 533×
• Collier v. State of Nevada
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1985-09-05· cited 90×