McMillian 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 the trial court is the fact finder and a condition to the granting of a new trial based on newly-discovered evidence is that the trial court believe the new evidence presented
• comments characterizing the killing as `uncivilized' and `befitting animals' were reasonable inferences drawn from the evidence and legitimate comments on the evidence
• comments, even if improper under Caldwell, did not injure the defendant because the jury returned a recommendation of life imprisonment without parole

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• State v. Gentry
  Washington Supreme Court· 1995-01-25· cited 498×
• Hyde v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1998-01-30· cited 160×
• Ex Parte Slaton
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1996-07-12· cited 144×
• Ex Parte Loggins
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2000-06-02· cited 142×
• Burton v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1993-12-30· cited 127×
• Sockwell v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1993-12-30· cited 121×
• Lancaster v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1993-01-22· cited 117×
• Hunt v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1994-01-12· cited 114×
• Harris v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1992-06-12· cited 110×
• Travis v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1997-04-18· cited 103×
• Jenkins v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1992-02-28· cited 100×
• Ex Parte Windsor
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1996-08-23· cited 99×
• Jackson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2000-03-31· cited 91×
• Daniels v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1994-06-17· cited 91×
• Dobyne v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1994-04-15· cited 86×
• Ferguson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2000-06-30· cited 80×
• Reeves v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2000-10-27· cited 79×
• Stewart v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1997-09-26· cited 79×
• Johnson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2001-06-29· cited 78×
• Slaton v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1995-04-14· cited 77×

Cites

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

• Miranda v. Arizona
  Supreme Court· 1966-06-13· cited 58,288×
• Brady v. Maryland
  Supreme Court· 1963-05-13· cited 33,902×
• Batson v. Kentucky
  Supreme Court· 1986-04-30· cited 16,401×
• In Re WINSHIP
  Supreme Court· 1970-05-18· cited 11,712×
• United States v. Bagley
  Supreme Court· 1985-07-02· cited 8,539×
• Giglio v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1972-02-24· cited 7,003×
• Lockett v. Ohio
  Supreme Court· 1978-07-03· cited 5,026×
• Darden v. Wainwright
  Supreme Court· 1986-09-03· cited 4,161×
• Tibbs v. Florida
  Supreme Court· 1982-06-07· cited 3,796×
• Payne v. Tennessee
  Supreme Court· 1991-09-13· cited 3,458×
• Eddings v. Oklahoma
  Supreme Court· 1982-01-19· cited 3,271×
• Holland v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1955-01-31· cited 3,238×
• Caldwell v. Mississippi
  Supreme Court· 1985-06-11· cited 2,827×
• Snyder v. Massachusetts
  Supreme Court· 1934-01-08· cited 2,822×
• Duren v. Missouri
  Supreme Court· 1979-01-09· cited 2,373×
• Francis v. Franklin
  Supreme Court· 1985-04-29· cited 2,053×
• Lockhart v. McCree
  Supreme Court· 1986-05-05· cited 1,649×
• Booth v. Maryland
  Supreme Court· 1987-09-21· cited 1,501×
• Kentucky v. Stincer
  Supreme Court· 1987-06-19· cited 1,461×
• Lowenfield v. Phelps
  Supreme Court· 1988-03-07· cited 1,385×