Holmes v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that the confrontation rights guaranteed by our federal constitution and exceptions to the hearsay rule are analyzed separately
• “When the jury recommends that death not be imposed, and the judge nevertheless imposes death, the sentence will not stand unless the sentence is appropriate.”
• trial court properly refused defendant’s tendered instruction regarding voluntariness of statements made by him, including chanting “murder in the first degree” while in custody
• trial court properly refused defendant’s tendered instruction regarding voluntariness of statements made by him, including chanting “murder in the first degree” while in custody
• two murders; also (b)(1) (intentional killing during robbery) aggravator; death sentence affirmed
• three murders; also (b)(11) (victim (two) under age twelve

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Ben-Yisrayl v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2000-05-25· cited 315×
• Woods v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1998-11-23· cited 285×
• Ben-Yisrayl v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2000-11-08· cited 230×
• Timberlake v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1997-12-30· cited 148×
• Peterson v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1996-12-13· cited 145×
• Williams v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1999-02-19· cited 138×
• Overstreet v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2003-02-24· cited 125×
• Wilkes v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2009-12-10· cited 99×
• State v. Holmes
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2000-05-19· cited 76×
• Gregory v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2008-05-05· cited 73×
• Edwards v. State
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 2006-09-26· cited 66×
• Stahl v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1997-09-24· cited 66×
• Prowell v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1997-11-04· cited 65×
• Battles v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1997-11-24· cited 62×
• Wrinkles v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1997-12-31· cited 46×
• Saylor v. Indiana
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2004-05-21· cited 45×
• Marley v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2001-05-30· cited 39×
• Johnson v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2001-05-24· cited 32×
• Ward v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2009-04-07· cited 31×
• Lee v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1997-09-10· cited 30×

Cites

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

• Caldwell v. Mississippi
  Supreme Court· 1985-06-11· cited 2,827×
• Idaho v. Wright
  Supreme Court· 1990-06-27· cited 2,081×
• Spaziano v. Florida
  Supreme Court· 1984-07-02· cited 1,061×
• Hovey v. Superior Court
  California Supreme Court· 1980-08-28· cited 346×
• Maldonado v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1976-10-20· cited 345×
• Burch v. Louisiana
  Supreme Court· 1979-04-17· cited 255×
• Bivins v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1995-03-09· cited 207×
• Deboue v. Louisiana
  Supreme Court· 1990-10-01· cited 160×
• Brewer v. Indiana
  Supreme Court· 1982-07-02· cited 154×
• Lowery v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1994-10-04· cited 141×
• Bellmore v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1992-10-29· cited 136×
• Brady v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1991-06-28· cited 128×
• Martinez Chavez v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1989-03-01· cited 114×
• Brewer v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1981-03-06· cited 105×
• Davis v. Oklahoma
  Supreme Court· 1986-03-31· cited 103×
• Baird v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1992-12-01· cited 102×
• Lowery v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1985-06-04· cited 98×
• Smith v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1984-07-24· cited 90×
• Barnard v. Collins
  Supreme Court· 1993-01-11· cited 89×
• Fleenor v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1987-10-13· cited 85×