Lacy v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• determination of whether juror can decide case fairly and impartially is within discretion of trial court
• this Court noted that a defense of self-defense refutes the argument that the appellant acted recklessly in that he clearly intended to defend himself

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

16 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Sockwell v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1993-12-30· cited 121×
• People v. Metcalfe
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2002-12-05· cited 85×
• McWhorter v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1999-08-27· cited 66×
• State v. Krutilek
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 1998-02-20· cited 46×
• Wilson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1994-03-25· cited 39×
• Gurley v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1993-10-22· cited 39×
• McCollum v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1995-12-01· cited 21×
• State v. Blanks
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1998-06-24· cited 21×
• Parris v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2003-03-21· cited 17×
• Cockrell v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2003-06-27· cited 11×
• Bohannon v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2015-10-23· cited 11×
• Ex Parte Lacy
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1993-08-27· cited 8×
• Harbin v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2009-02-13· cited 7×
• Williams v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1998-10-23· cited 3×
• Tyreese Nikita Crayton v. State of Alabama
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2023-05-05
• Tapero Carleone Johnson v. State of Alabama
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2025-12-19

Cites

12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Ex Parte Cochran
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1985-11-08· cited 171×
• Knop v. McCain
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1989-12-22· cited 122×
• Gwin v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1982-03-23· cited 95×
• Ex Parte Gwin
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1983-01-07· cited 81×
• Williams v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1973-06-29· cited 29×
• Williams v. State
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1973-08-30· cited 18×
• Ex Parte Lawson
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1985-08-30· cited 17×
• Lawson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1985-03-26· cited 16×
• Lovell v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1988-04-01· cited 13×
• England v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1992-02-28· cited 10×
• Grace v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1984-06-26· cited 9×
• Harper v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1988-08-23· cited 8×