Flamer v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• affirming a death sentence on the basis of other \similar\—not identical— cases
• penalty phase instructions sufficient even though “low mentality” of defendant was advanced as mitigating circumstance
• each finding of guilt is a separate conviction under the Criminal Code and subject to a separate sentence

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• State v. Bland
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1997-12-01· cited 3,458×
• State v. Schiebel
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1990-10-26· cited 1,644×
• McDougall v. North Carolina
  Supreme Court· 1983-10-03· cited 975×
• Wainwright v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1986-02-21· cited 430×
• Flamer v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1990-12-21· cited 248×
• Jones v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1987-01-28· cited 241×
• State v. Godsey
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2001-11-29· cited 198×
• State v. Jeffries
  Washington Supreme Court· 1986-03-27· cited 172×
• James William Riley v. Stanley W. Taylor M. Jane Brady
  Third Circuit· 2001-12-28· cited 133×
• Bailey v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1987-03-03· cited 118×
• State v. Marshall
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1992-07-28· cited 107×
• Riley v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1985-07-12· cited 104×
• Culver v. Bennett
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1991-03-21· cited 98×
• Probst v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1988-08-10· cited 97×
• State v. Rhines
  South Dakota Supreme Court· 1996-05-15· cited 95×
• Sullivan v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1994-02-10· cited 86×
• Flamer v. State of Delaware
  Third Circuit· 1995-10-19· cited 84×
• Engberg v. Meyer
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 1991-10-17· cited 84×
• Riley v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1990-12-21· cited 78×
• Chao v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1992-01-29· cited 77×

Cites

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

• Miranda v. Arizona
  Supreme Court· 1966-06-13· cited 58,288×
• Schneckloth v. Bustamonte
  Supreme Court· 1973-05-29· cited 11,783×
• Johnson v. Zerbst
  Supreme Court· 1938-05-31· cited 10,545×
• Glasser v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1942-02-09· cited 10,035×
• United States v. Wade
  Supreme Court· 1967-06-12· cited 8,442×
• Gideon v. Wainwright
  Supreme Court· 1963-03-18· cited 8,419×
• Gregg v. Georgia
  Supreme Court· 1976-07-22· cited 7,936×
• Jackson v. Denno
  Supreme Court· 1964-06-22· cited 6,121×
• Furman v. Georgia
  Supreme Court· 1972-06-29· cited 5,066×
• Lockett v. Ohio
  Supreme Court· 1978-07-03· cited 5,026×
• Powell v. Alabama
  Supreme Court· 1932-11-07· cited 4,979×
• Solem v. Helm
  Supreme Court· 1983-06-28· cited 4,242×
• Gilbert v. California
  Supreme Court· 1967-06-12· cited 3,797×
• Massiah v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1964-05-18· cited 3,189×
• Bumper v. North Carolina
  Supreme Court· 1968-06-03· cited 3,107×
• Kirby v. Illinois
  Supreme Court· 1972-06-07· cited 3,001×
• Woodson v. North Carolina
  Supreme Court· 1976-07-02· cited 2,907×
• Brewer v. Williams
  Supreme Court· 1977-05-16· cited 2,626×
• Zant v. Stephens
  Supreme Court· 1983-06-22· cited 2,410×
• Robinson v. California
  Supreme Court· 1962-06-25· cited 2,369×