Heath v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• death penalty affirmed for appellant who paid third party $2,000 to shoot his nine-months pregnant wife

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• State v. Brewer
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1992-01-28· cited 142×
• Larry Gene Heath v. Charlie Jones, Warden
  Eleventh Circuit· 1991-10-25· cited 130×
• Boyd v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1999-03-26· cited 129×
• Clemons v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1996-12-20· cited 78×
• Williams v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2000-03-31· cited 53×
• Davis v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1998-03-06· cited 45×
• Burgess v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2005-11-23· cited 42×
• McWilliams v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2004-04-30· cited 34×
• Duncan v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2005-05-27· cited 33×
• Clemons v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2005-06-24· cited 24×
• Williams v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2000-02-04· cited 23×
• Hall v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2007-03-23· cited 23×
• Woods v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2004-08-27· cited 21×
• Pierce v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1999-03-02· cited 19×
• Wood v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2004-01-06· cited 17×
• Harvey L. Windsor v. State of Alabama.
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2009-08-07· cited 13×
• James v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2006-04-28· cited 9×
• Taylor v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2004-08-27· cited 8×
• Hinton v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2006-04-28· cited 7×
• Ex Parte James
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2000-07-28· cited 3×

Cites

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

• Strickland v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 123,578×
• Engle v. Isaac
  Supreme Court· 1982-06-21· cited 3,714×
• Smith v. Murray
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-26· cited 1,683×
• Spaziano v. Florida
  Supreme Court· 1984-07-02· cited 1,061×
• Heath v. Alabama
  Supreme Court· 1985-12-03· cited 631×
• Ex Parte Grayson
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1985-05-10· cited 207×
• Ex Parte Harrell
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1985-03-15· cited 190×
• Warren McCleskey Cross-Appellant v. Ralph Kemp, Warden, Cross-Appellee
  Eleventh Circuit· 1985-01-29· cited 187×
• Baldwin v. Alabama
  Supreme Court· 1985-06-17· cited 158×
• Ex Parte Baldwin
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1984-07-13· cited 148×
• Towles v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1985-10-22· cited 139×
• Summers v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1978-11-21· cited 99×
• Ex Parte Waldrop
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1984-09-28· cited 98×
• Ex Parte Magwood
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1983-01-07· cited 88×
• Baldwin v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1983-11-01· cited 61×
• Primm v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1985-04-23· cited 60×
• Ex parte Summers
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1979-01-26· cited 58×
• Ex Parte Clisby
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1987-01-30· cited 52×
• Ex Parte Ellison
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1982-01-08· cited 37×
• Heath v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1983-07-05· cited 35×