Jacobs v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• new Alabama statute analogous to Florida’s, with eight aggravating and seven mitigating factors, held valid
• separate opinion of Torbert, C.J.

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Beck v. Alabama
  Supreme Court· 1980-06-20· cited 2,209×
• Beck v. State
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1981-03-06· cited 434×
• Tichnell v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1980-06-10· cited 300×
• Taylor v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1994-07-08· cited 199×
• Hooks v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1987-07-28· cited 174×
• Ex Parte Cochran
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1985-11-08· cited 171×
• Cook v. State
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1979-02-09· cited 166×
• Baldwin v. Alabama
  Supreme Court· 1985-06-17· cited 158×
• Ex Parte Baldwin
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1984-07-13· cited 148×
• Price v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1997-06-20· cited 127×
• Cochran v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1984-04-24· cited 123×
• Knotts v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1995-06-16· cited 108×
• Lawhorn v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1990-09-21· cited 100×
• Ex Parte Giles
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1994-01-14· cited 97×
• Bufford v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1980-02-26· cited 93×
• Ex Parte Hays
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1988-02-29· cited 78×
• Morrison v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1985-10-22· cited 76×
• Stewart v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1992-05-01· cited 74×
• Thomas v. State
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1979-07-06· cited 62×
• Wright v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1985-10-22· cited 59×

Cites

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

• Gregg v. Georgia
  Supreme Court· 1976-07-22· cited 7,936×
• Furman v. Georgia
  Supreme Court· 1972-06-29· cited 5,066×
• Lockett v. Ohio
  Supreme Court· 1978-07-03· cited 5,026×
• Witherspoon v. Illinois
  Supreme Court· 1968-06-03· cited 4,818×
• Woodson v. North Carolina
  Supreme Court· 1976-07-02· cited 2,907×
• Jurek v. Texas
  Supreme Court· 1976-07-02· cited 2,034×
• Gardner v. Florida
  Supreme Court· 1977-03-22· cited 1,935×
• Proffitt v. Florida
  Supreme Court· 1976-07-22· cited 1,798×
• Dobbert v. Florida
  Supreme Court· 1977-06-17· cited 1,651×
• Roberts v. Louisiana
  Supreme Court· 1976-10-12· cited 802×
• State v. Bayless
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1976-11-24· cited 344×
• Roberts v. Louisiana
  Supreme Court· 1977-06-06· cited 257×
• State v. Richmond
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1976-12-20· cited 250×
• Jackson v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1976-10-05· cited 242×
• Bell v. Ohio
  Supreme Court· 1978-07-03· cited 192×
• State v. Knapp
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1977-03-09· cited 183×
• State v. Simants
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 1977-02-02· cited 129×
• Coleman v. Alabama
  Supreme Court· 1964-05-04· cited 64×
• Hubbard v. State
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1973-03-08· cited 57×
• State v. Lee
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1976-12-06· cited 53×