Michael 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 it is a question of law whether given facts establish a statutory mitigating factor
• holding that the correct standard of review for the application of statutory aggravating and mitigating factors is de novo review
• holding that it is a question of law-i.e., a question to be decided by an appellate court without deference to the sentencing judge-whether given facts establish the miti-gator of conduct \among the least serious\
• suggesting that, under a given set of facts, an appellate court should exercise de novo review of a sentencing judge’s rulings on aggravating and mitigating factors

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Johnson v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2014-06-27· cited 32×
• Simon v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 2005-10-07· cited 26×
• Cleveland v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 2006-08-25· cited 18×
• State v. Parker
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2006-11-09· cited 13×
• Simants v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 2014-07-03· cited 11×
• Silvera v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 2010-12-17· cited 9×
• Brown v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 2017-08-18· cited 8×
• HOEKZEMA v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 2008-09-26· cited 7×
• State v. Wright
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2017-09-22· cited 7×
• Inga v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 2019-03-01· cited 6×
• Marshall v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 2008-12-24· cited 5×
• Meyer v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 2016-01-22· cited 4×
• Liddicoat v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 2011-12-30· cited 4×
• Simon v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 2015-05-08· cited 3×
• State v. Tofelogo
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2019-06-28· cited 3×
• Proctor v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 2010-07-23· cited 2×
• Tolookqaqsiiq Hank v. State of Alaska
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 2024-06-07· cited 2×
• Linscott v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 2007-05-18· cited 1×
• Richard Dorsey v. State of Alaska
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 2021-01-22· cited 1×
• Adrian T. Olmstead v. State of Alaska
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 2020-11-06· cited 1×

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Ornelas v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1996-06-10· cited 7,197×
• Austin v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1993-06-28· cited 1,908×
• State v. Chaney
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1970-12-07· cited 600×
• United States v. Yazzie
  Tenth Circuit· 2005-05-20· cited 85×
• Smith v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1985-12-27· cited 53×
• Benboe v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1985-05-03· cited 40×
• United States v. Dereck Ricardo Hoskins
  Ninth Circuit· 2002-03-07· cited 24×
• In re J.A.
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1998-08-07· cited 20×
• Bossie v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1992-08-21· cited 12×
• Lewandowski v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 2001-02-16· cited 8×
• Rudden v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1994-09-30· cited 3×