Goolsby v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a hammer, as used by the appellant in that case, constituted a deadly weapon
• holding that the act of swinging a hammer at another’s head is “highly capable” of causing death or serious bodily harm
• holding that a hammer, as used by the appellant in that case, constituted a deadly weapon

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Hyde v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2006-03-03· cited 87×
• Burks v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1991-09-20· cited 80×
• Clemons v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1996-12-20· cited 78×
• Hart v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1992-02-28· cited 77×
• McWhorter v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1999-08-27· cited 66×
• Duke v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2002-05-31· cited 61×
• Smith v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1993-06-25· cited 48×
• Wilson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2010-11-05· cited 48×
• Woods v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1999-12-10· cited 47×
• Waldrop v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2000-12-01· cited 41×
• Flowers v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2005-02-25· cited 29×
• Shonelle Andre Jackson v. State of Alabama.
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2009-11-13· cited 22×
• Mansel v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1997-07-03· cited 19×
• Lochli v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1990-06-29· cited 16×
• Lane v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1990-06-15· cited 13×
• Reese v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1995-12-01· cited 12×
• Demunn v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1991-10-11· cited 11×
• Snavely v. City of Huntsville
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2000-06-30· cited 10×
• Henderson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2017-02-10· cited 10×
• Self v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1987-07-28· cited 9×

Cites

15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Clemmons v. State
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1975-05-22· cited 91×
• Morgan v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1978-10-03· cited 55×
• McCovery v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1978-12-19· cited 48×
• Carpenter v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1981-01-20· cited 45×
• Headley v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1973-08-14· cited 40×
• James v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1981-10-06· cited 36×
• Edwards v. State
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1975-05-22· cited 31×
• Ex Parte Carpenter
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1981-06-26· cited 30×
• Thomas v. State
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1951-06-14· cited 29×
• Garrett v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1983-07-05· cited 28×
• State v. Cooper
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1976-02-06· cited 16×
• Harris v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1981-02-24· cited 16×
• Harper v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1982-10-12· cited 15×
• Davis v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1985-03-12· cited 12×
• Ware v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1983-05-31· cited 12×