Harrison 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 the defendant was entitled to a pretrial evidentiary hearing on his claim of immunity based on self-defense
• stating that “Alabama law has always allowed a defendant to argue self- defense at trial”
• holding “that a defendant asserting immunity based on self-defense under § 13A-3-23(d), Ala. Code 1976, is entitled to an opportunity to prove that claim by a preponderance of the evidence at a pretrial hearing before the court”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Ex parte Watters
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2016-10-21· cited 4×
• Malone v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2016-06-03· cited 2×
• State of Iowa v. Lamar Cheyeene Wilson
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2020-04-10
• State v. Watson
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2016-09-09
• Martin v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2017-02-10
• Younes Essouiri v. State of Alabama (Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court: CC-19-1562)
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2024-11-08

Cites

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

• Mitchell v. Forsyth
  Supreme Court· 1985-06-19· cited 8,858×
• Hunter v. Bryant
  Supreme Court· 1991-12-16· cited 3,271×
• Siegert v. Gilley
  Supreme Court· 1991-05-23· cited 2,725×
• IMED Corp. v. Systems Engineering Assoc.
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1992-07-10· cited 423×
• Ex Parte Perkins
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1994-06-17· cited 279×
• People v. Guenther
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1987-07-13· cited 185×
• Ex Parte Frith
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1988-03-18· cited 172×
• State v. Hill
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1996-11-01· cited 167×
• Bradley v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1985-11-26· cited 141×
• Ex Parte Bradley
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1986-07-25· cited 131×
• Newsome v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1990-10-19· cited 123×
• Ex Parte State Dept. of Revenue
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1996-06-07· cited 99×
• Kennedy v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1993-09-03· cited 97×
• Dennis v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2010-12-16· cited 91×
• McKinney v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1995-01-13· cited 86×
• Ex Parte Agee
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1995-06-30· cited 82×
• Fair v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2008-07-14· cited 82×
• Ex Parte Coulliette
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2003-03-07· cited 77×
• Ex Parte Works
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1994-04-08· cited 73×
• Pate v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1992-06-12· cited 66×