Ex Parte Thomas

How courts have described this case

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

• mention of gang membership highly prejudicial requiring mistrial where objection to comment not sustained
• \A mistrial is a drastic remedy to be used only sparingly and only to prevent manifest injustice and the decision of whether to grant a motion for a *Page 43 mistrial rests within the sound discretion of the trial court\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• State v. Iromuanya
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 2006-08-11· cited 131×
• Ex Parte Davis
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1998-02-13· cited 98×
• Slaton v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1995-04-14· cited 77×
• Minor v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2004-08-27· cited 68×
• Peraita v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2003-05-30· cited 66×
• Allen v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1994-05-27· cited 58×
• Pilley v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1998-08-14· cited 46×
• VanPelt v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2009-12-18· cited 41×
• Griffin v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2000-02-04· cited 40×
• Baker v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2001-01-12· cited 36×
• Hammonds v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1999-08-27· cited 33×
• Walker v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2005-01-28· cited 32×
• Daniel v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2011-04-29· cited 31×
• Sale v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2008-04-04· cited 27×
• R.D.H. v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1997-07-03· cited 25×
• Baird v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2002-06-28· cited 23×
• Smith v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1999-09-24· cited 23×
• Walker v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1993-09-30· cited 20×
• Ayala v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2007-05-23· cited 18×
• McNair v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1993-08-13· cited 14×

Cites

12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Stringer v. Mississippi
  Supreme Court· 1986-10-20· cited 222×
• Ex Parte Jefferson
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1985-05-10· cited 57×
• People v. Perez
  California Court of Appeal· 1981-01-08· cited 48×
• Campbell v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1990-08-24· cited 30×
• People v. Munoz
  California Court of Appeal· 1984-06-28· cited 30×
• Renfroe v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1980-02-26· cited 27×
• State v. Ballantyne
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1981-01-27· cited 25×
• Carlisle v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1988-09-20· cited 25×
• Cole v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1989-05-26· cited 20×
• Ex Parte Renfroe
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1980-05-02· cited 18×
• Thomas v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1992-04-17· cited 12×
• Samuel v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1984-05-22· cited 9×