Douglas v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• “[A] conviction cannot be sustained upon the mere confession of the accused . . . but the confession, when freely and voluntarily made, the corpus delicti being established, even though by purely circumstantial evidence, is sufficient to sustain the conviction.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

10 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Gerlaugh
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1982-10-19· cited 91×
• State of Arizona v. Benham
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1941-10-20· cited 25×
• Strickland v. State
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1930-12-26· cited 20×
• State v. Holliday
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1962-10-18· cited 15×
• Hann v. State
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1926-06-17· cited 12×
• State v. Butler
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1957-03-05· cited 10×
• State v. Rackley
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1970-11-20· cited 8×
• State v. Hester
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1985-03-19· cited 5×
• State v. Lantz
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1951-05-14· cited 4×
• Appel v. State
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1925-06-19· cited 2×

Cites

4 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• People v. Alviso
  California Supreme Court· 1880-07-01· cited 35×
• Sisson v. State
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1914-06-23· cited 19×
• Lenord v. State
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1913-12-30· cited 18×
• State v. Scott
  Washington Supreme Court· 1915-07-20· cited 14×