Ex Parte McWilliams

How courts have described this case

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

• applying Harrell in affirming trial court's finding that challenging party had not established a prima facie case of purposeful discrimination
• defendant’s Eighth Amendment rights were violated if trial court considered victim’s family members’ characterizations or opinions of the appropriate punishment
• there is no impropriety in a prosecutor's appeal to the jury for justice
• instruction as a whole was not infirm

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Ervin v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1999-01-13· cited 381×
• Williams v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1996-11-01· cited 201×
• Taylor v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1994-07-08· cited 199×
• Ex Parte Taylor
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1995-05-05· cited 189×
• Hyde v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1998-01-30· cited 160×
• Smith v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1996-03-08· cited 144×
• Ex Parte Loggins
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2000-06-02· cited 142×
• Ex Parte Land
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1996-05-17· cited 132×
• Boyd v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1999-03-26· cited 129×
• Burton v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1993-12-30· cited 127×
• Ball v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1997-09-10· cited 121×
• Taylor v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2000-02-04· cited 118×
• Ware v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2000-09-14· cited 116×
• Broadnax v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2000-12-01· cited 114×
• Arthur v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1996-03-08· cited 110×
• Ex Parte Brooks
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1997-04-25· cited 109×
• Travis v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1997-04-18· cited 103×
• Roberts v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1998-05-08· cited 97×
• Perkins v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1999-11-19· cited 97×
• Smith v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1998-04-03· cited 93×

Cites

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

• Batson v. Kentucky
  Supreme Court· 1986-04-30· cited 16,401×
• Blockburger v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1931-12-11· cited 10,676×
• North Carolina v. Pearce
  Supreme Court· 1969-06-23· cited 7,763×
• Griffin v. California
  Supreme Court· 1965-06-07· cited 4,088×
• Payne v. Tennessee
  Supreme Court· 1991-09-13· cited 3,458×
• Powers v. Ohio
  Supreme Court· 1991-04-01· cited 2,917×
• Rock v. Arkansas
  Supreme Court· 1987-06-22· cited 2,329×
• Missouri v. Hunter
  Supreme Court· 1983-01-19· cited 2,324×
• Francis v. Franklin
  Supreme Court· 1985-04-29· cited 2,053×
• Grady v. Corbin
  Supreme Court· 1990-05-29· cited 1,620×
• Booth v. Maryland
  Supreme Court· 1987-09-21· cited 1,501×
• Cage v. Louisiana
  Supreme Court· 1990-11-13· cited 1,172×
• Garrett v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1985-08-28· cited 1,001×
• Ex Parte Branch
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1987-12-04· cited 578×
• Kuenzel v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1990-06-29· cited 336×
• Danial Siebert v. Alabama
  Supreme Court· 1990-06-28· cited 310×
• Ex Parte Kuenzel
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1991-01-11· cited 282×
• Ex Parte Haney
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1992-06-19· cited 178×
• Ex Parte Siebert
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1989-12-15· cited 166×
• Jackson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1985-06-11· cited 145×