Dobbs v. Zant

How courts have described this case

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

• refused to consider juror’s deposition that she voted for death sentence because of prior convictions which judge had instructed jurors not to consider
• rejected evidence that jury may have considered prior convictions contrary to judge’s instructions

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

5 cases in this archive cite this case.

• United States v. Loving
  Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces· 1994-11-10· cited 366×
• Charles A. Perkins v. Robert Lecureux
  Sixth Circuit· 1995-06-21· cited 92×
• Dobbs v. Turpin
  Eleventh Circuit· 1998-06-09· cited 83×
• United States v. Rex Henley, Rafael Bustamante, Willie McGowan and Garey West
  Ninth Circuit· 2001-02-07· cited 65×
• Wilburn Dobbs v. Walter D. Zant, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center
  Eleventh Circuit· 1991-10-25· cited 15×

Cites

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

• Gregg v. Georgia
  Supreme Court· 1976-07-22· cited 7,936×
• Wainwright v. Sykes
  Supreme Court· 1977-06-23· cited 6,068×
• Furman v. Georgia
  Supreme Court· 1972-06-29· cited 5,066×
• Wainwright v. Witt
  Supreme Court· 1985-01-21· cited 3,997×
• Penry v. Lynaugh
  Supreme Court· 1989-06-26· cited 2,957×
• Woodson v. North Carolina
  Supreme Court· 1976-07-02· cited 2,907×
• Zant v. Stephens
  Supreme Court· 1983-06-22· cited 2,410×
• McCleskey v. Kemp
  Supreme Court· 1987-06-08· cited 2,038×
• Jurek v. Texas
  Supreme Court· 1976-07-02· cited 2,034×
• Adams v. Texas
  Supreme Court· 1980-06-25· cited 1,718×
• Wayte v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1985-03-19· cited 1,692×
• Patton v. Yount
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-26· cited 1,463×
• Ross v. Oklahoma
  Supreme Court· 1988-08-25· cited 1,289×
• California v. Brown
  Supreme Court· 1987-01-27· cited 1,207×
• California v. Ramos
  Supreme Court· 1983-07-06· cited 1,071×
• Spaziano v. Florida
  Supreme Court· 1984-07-02· cited 1,061×
• Rushen v. Spain
  Supreme Court· 1983-12-12· cited 1,013×
• Tanner v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1987-06-22· cited 915×
• Franklin v. Lynaugh
  Supreme Court· 1988-09-15· cited 852×
• Hitchcock v. Dugger
  Supreme Court· 1987-04-22· cited 760×