Diaz v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding doctor's letter addressing lethal injection research was not newly discovered evidence because conclusions in letter were based on old data
• rejecting a claim that ABA Resolution 122A supports the proposition that personality disorders are akin to being mentally retarded
• “Diaz did have an alternative avenue for challenging the lethal injection procedure in federal court [a federal habeas petition], but did not utilize it.”
• “[Njeither this Court nor the Supreme Court has recognized mental illness as a per se bar to execution.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• People v. Boyce
  California Supreme Court· 2014-07-24· cited 238×
• Tompkins v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2008-11-07· cited 121×
• Schoenwetter v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2010-07-01· cited 109×
• Lightbourne v. McCollum
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2007-11-01· cited 102×
• Green v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2008-01-31· cited 95×
• Johnston v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2010-01-21· cited 71×
• Simmons v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2012-10-18· cited 67×
• Schwab v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2007-11-01· cited 64×
• Connor v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2008-04-10· cited 62×
• Hobbs v. Jones
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2012-06-22· cited 61×
• Smith v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2008-12-18· cited 54×
• Dennis v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2012-12-20· cited 51×
• Ventura v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2009-01-29· cited 46×
• Hunter v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2008-09-25· cited 45×
• Henyard v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2008-09-10· cited 44×
• Askari Abdullah Muhammad f/k/a Thomas Knight v. State of Florida
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2014-01-03· cited 42×
• Walton v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2009-01-29· cited 40×
• Lawrence v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2007-11-01· cited 37×
• Wickham v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2013-05-02· cited 36×
• Henyard v. SECRETARY, DOC
  Eleventh Circuit· 2008-09-23· cited 31×

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×
• Brady v. Maryland
  Supreme Court· 1963-05-13· cited 33,902×
• Crawford v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 2004-03-08· cited 14,756×
• Faretta v. California
  Supreme Court· 1975-06-30· cited 11,585×
• Ring v. Arizona
  Supreme Court· 2002-06-24· cited 4,683×
• Atkins v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 2002-06-20· cited 3,384×
• Caldwell v. Mississippi
  Supreme Court· 1985-06-11· cited 2,827×
• Enmund v. Florida
  Supreme Court· 1982-07-02· cited 2,349×
• Tison v. Arizona
  Supreme Court· 1987-04-21· cited 1,617×
• Clemons v. Mississippi
  Supreme Court· 1990-04-17· cited 1,318×
• Hill v. McDonough
  Supreme Court· 2006-06-12· cited 658×
• Jones v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1991-11-14· cited 320×
• State v. Cotton
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2000-06-15· cited 311×
• Jones v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1998-03-17· cited 305×
• Rodriguez v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2000-02-03· cited 222×
• State v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1908-06-15· cited 175×
• McLin v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2002-09-12· cited 146×
• Sims v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2000-02-16· cited 128×
• Rodgers v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2006-10-26· cited 102×
• Corley v. Meese
  Supreme Court· 1988-02-22· cited 99×