Evans v. Bennett

How courts have described this case

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

• rejecting conclusion of petitioner's non-examining expert that prisoner was incompetent and denying stay of execution in eleventh-hour attempt to file a “next friend” habeas corpus petition
• mother of death-row inmate over the age of majority could not file habeas corpus petition on her son's behalf when there was no showing that son was incompetent

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Lehman Ex Rel. Lehman v. Lycoming County Children's Services Agency
  Supreme Court· 1982-06-30· cited 469×
• Durocher v. Singletary
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1993-08-12· cited 54×
• Groseclose Ex Rel. Harries v. Dutton
  M.D. Tennessee· 1984-08-17· cited 42×
• Smith by and Through Smith v. Armontrout
  W.D. Missouri· 1985-01-31· cited 8×
• Ex Parte Ray-El
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2004-07-23· cited 6×
• Hays ex rel. Hays v. Murphy
  E.D. Oklahoma· 1981-09-08· cited 2×
• State v. K.L.R.B.
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2004-07-23

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Whitlow v. Hodges
  Supreme Court· 1976-12-13· cited 253×
• Gilmore v. Utah
  Supreme Court· 1976-12-13· cited 198×
• Leona Weber, in Behalf of John R. Zimmerman and Billie Zimmerman, Petitioner v. Rudy Garza, U. S. Marshall
  Fifth Circuit· 1978-02-09· cited 188×
• United States Ex Rel. Lois Sero v. Peter Preiser
  Second Circuit· 1975-04-14· cited 119×
• Evans v. State
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1978-05-19· cited 41×
• Evans v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1977-10-25· cited 39×
• James Wilson, Relator and Best Friend of Clifford Jefferson v. Fred Dixon, Warden of the California State Prison at San Quentin, California
  Ninth Circuit· 1958-05-29· cited 23×
• United States ex rel. Funaro v. Watchorn
  U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York· 1908-08-14· cited 23×