Lovett v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• discussing the standard for the admissibility of statements of homicide victims under the res gestae exception to the hearsay rule
• for a statement made at the scene of the crime to be admissible under excited utterance, it must relate to a “startling event,” “be instinctive and spontaneous, and not be deliberate or retrospective”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Williams v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1996-11-01· cited 201×
• Henderson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1990-11-16· cited 148×
• Travis v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1997-04-18· cited 103×
• Jackson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2000-03-31· cited 91×
• McNabb v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2003-04-25· cited 84×
• Hill v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1987-06-30· cited 73×
• Davis v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1998-05-29· cited 61×
• Woods v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1999-12-10· cited 47×
• Ex Parte Baker
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2004-05-28· cited 39×
• Click v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1996-12-20· cited 37×
• Baker v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2001-01-12· cited 36×
• Hutcherson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1997-10-17· cited 29×
• Adkins v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1991-01-18· cited 28×
• Berryhill v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1998-08-14· cited 27×
• Edwards v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1986-11-25· cited 26×
• Baird v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2002-06-28· cited 23×
• Ex Parte Lovett
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1986-05-30· cited 22×
• Freeman v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1986-11-25· cited 16×
• White v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2004-05-28· cited 14×
• Allen v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1988-10-28· cited 10×

Cites

18 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Johnson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1976-05-18· cited 66×
• Gullatt v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1981-12-29· cited 57×
• Johnson v. State
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1976-08-06· cited 46×
• Byrd v. State
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1952-01-03· cited 43×
• Rosenbaum v. State
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1859-01-15· cited 37×
• Harrison v. Baker
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1954-03-18· cited 36×
• Ex Parte Bryars
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1984-08-24· cited 28×
• Keith v. State
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1950-06-01· cited 25×
• Mooney v. State
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1859-01-15· cited 22×
• Hines v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1978-08-29· cited 21×
• Smith v. State
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1950-01-19· cited 20×
• Peterson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1984-03-20· cited 19×
• Garner v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1974-05-07· cited 16×
• Brooks v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1969-10-21· cited 15×
• Hargrove v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1979-03-06· cited 13×
• Ex Parte Hines
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1978-12-22· cited 10×
• Bryars v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1983-08-30· cited 9×
• Williams v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1980-06-30· cited 5×