Lewis 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 a trial court has discretion to grant or deny a defendant’s request that the jury not be sequestered in a death penalty case
• holding that “the statute that provides for a verdict of guilty but mentally ill does not preclude a death sentence as the result of such a verdict”
• holding that “the statute that provides for a verdict of guilty but mentally ill does not preclude a death sentence as the result of such a verdict”
• holding that “the statute that provides for a verdict of guilty but mentally ill does not preclude a death sentence as the result of such a verdict”
• holding defendants diagnosed with mental illness do not qualify for death penalty exemption
• noting defendant failed to “cite any authority that establishes a constitutional prohibition on convicting and sentencing to death a defendant who is competent but mentally ill” and declining to extend the holding of Atkins

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• People v. Boyce
  California Supreme Court· 2014-07-24· cited 238×
• State v. Timothy Alan Dunlap
  Idaho Supreme Court· 2013-08-27· cited 191×
• Hulett v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2014-10-20· cited 125×
• Willis v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2018-10-22· cited 116×
• Ledford v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2011-03-25· cited 99×
• Humphreys v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-03-15· cited 98×
• Stinski v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-03-01· cited 65×
• Martin v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2015-11-02· cited 49×
• Poole v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-11-05· cited 46×
• O'KELLEY v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2008-11-03· cited 44×
• Sullivan v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2008-09-22· cited 43×
• Edenfield v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2013-06-17· cited 43×
• Stokes v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2007-02-26· cited 42×
• Lawrence v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2007-11-01· cited 37×
• Rivera v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2007-06-25· cited 33×
• Bailey v. Edmundson
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2006-05-17· cited 32×
• Loyd v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2011-01-10· cited 30×
• Tate v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-06-01· cited 27×
• Walker v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2006-10-02· cited 25×
• Rice v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2012-10-29· cited 24×

Cites

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

• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Gregg v. Georgia
  Supreme Court· 1976-07-22· cited 7,936×
• Wainwright v. Witt
  Supreme Court· 1985-01-21· cited 3,997×
• Atkins v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 2002-06-20· cited 3,384×
• Barnes v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-03-02· cited 180×
• McClain v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1996-11-12· cited 179×
• DeYoung v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1997-11-24· cited 174×
• Waters v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1981-10-08· cited 163×
• Hance v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1980-06-24· cited 158×
• Hicks v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1987-02-13· cited 154×
• Jones v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1979-06-20· cited 117×
• Stripling v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1991-02-22· cited 109×
• Mize v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-06-15· cited 105×
• Carr v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1997-02-03· cited 96×
• Ross v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1985-02-08· cited 95×
• Raulerson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1997-10-06· cited 93×
• Fair v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1980-04-09· cited 92×
• McMichen v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1995-07-14· cited 91×
• Pace v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-12-03· cited 86×
• Lee v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-03-01· cited 83×