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.

• holding ‘[bje-cause Dawson failed to show that the juror’s viewing of the crime scene resulted in the introduction of facts that might have unlawfully influenced the jury’s verdict, a new trial is not warranted’
• juror reported results of an unauthorized visit to the crime scene
• the Alabama Supreme Court, in reversing this Court's holding, stated that the extraneous information introduced by the juror's improper viewing of the crime scene was beneficial to the defense and, therefore, did not warrant the granting of a new trial
• the Alabama Supreme Court, in reversing this Court's holding, stated that the extraneous information introduced by the juror's improper viewing of the crime scene was beneficial to the defense and, therefore, did not warrant the granting of a new trial

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Ex Parte Dobyne
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2001-06-15· cited 103×
• Jimmy Day Plumbing & Heating, Inc. v. Smith
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2007-03-09· cited 96×
• McGahee v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2003-05-30· cited 88×
• Ex Parte Apicella
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2001-03-30· cited 73×
• Bethea v. Springhill Memorial Hosp.
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2002-04-19· cited 63×
• Dobyne v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2000-06-30· cited 57×
• Smith v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2000-08-25· cited 52×
• Jones v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1999-04-30· cited 50×
• Thompson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2012-02-17· cited 43×
• Smith v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2002-02-01· cited 42×
• Bryant v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2011-02-04· cited 34×
• Duncan v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2005-05-27· cited 33×
• Knight v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1997-09-05· cited 33×
• Hooks v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2008-08-29· cited 29×
• Sharrief v. Gerlach
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2001-04-20· cited 27×
• DeBruce v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2003-12-02· cited 24×
• Shonelle Andre Jackson v. State of Alabama.
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2009-11-13· cited 22×
• Pace v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2004-04-30· cited 19×
• Marshall v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2014-05-02· cited 19×
• Reynolds v. City of Birmingham
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1998-10-02· cited 16×

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Ex Parte Troha
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1984-12-07· cited 58×
• Reed v. State
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1989-04-14· cited 46×
• Ex Parte Lasley
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1987-02-06· cited 40×
• Ex Parte Thomas
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1995-02-17· cited 28×
• Hallmark v. Allison
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1984-05-18· cited 28×
• Pearson v. Fomby by and Through Embry
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1997-01-10· cited 22×
• Miles v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1993-03-26· cited 10×
• Anderson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1971-03-02· cited 6×
• Dawson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1996-11-01· cited 5×
• Lasley v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1986-06-24· cited 3×