Pinkney v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• finding evidence indicating defendant deliberately committed heinous crime; no evidence defendant suffered from mental aberration, nor acted out of fear
• finding evidence indicating defendant deliberately committed heinous crime; no evidence defendant suffered from mental aberration, nor acted out of fear
• reaffirmed the requirement that an adequate and concrete instruction defining vague aggravating circumstance must be communicated to the jury
• defendant not entitled to mental health experts where sanity was not \significant factor\ at trial
• judgment vacated and case remanded in light of Clemons v. Mississippi, 494 U.S. 738, 110 S.Ct. 1441, 108 L.Ed.2d 725 (1990)
• vacated on other grounds at 494 U.S. 1075, 110 S.Ct. 1800, 108 L.Ed.2d 931

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Clemons v. Mississippi
  Supreme Court· 1990-04-17· cited 1,318×
• Hansen v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1991-12-18· cited 521×
• Ballenger v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1995-11-22· cited 508×
• Foster v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1994-04-28· cited 467×
• Chase v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1994-02-24· cited 466×
• Walker v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1995-10-12· cited 460×
• Conner v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1994-03-17· cited 409×
• Evans v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1997-09-11· cited 404×
• Carr v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1995-02-02· cited 403×
• Davis v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1995-06-08· cited 393×
• MacK v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1994-12-21· cited 383×
• Willie v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1991-07-24· cited 380×
• Holland v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1997-09-11· cited 380×
• Ross v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2007-04-26· cited 361×
• Balfour v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1992-03-25· cited 344×
• Ladner v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1991-07-17· cited 343×
• Jenkins v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1992-09-10· cited 339×
• Blue v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1996-02-15· cited 332×
• Byrom v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2003-10-16· cited 320×
• Gray v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1998-08-06· cited 314×

Cites

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

• Batson v. Kentucky
  Supreme Court· 1986-04-30· cited 16,401×
• Gregg v. Georgia
  Supreme Court· 1976-07-22· cited 7,936×
• Jackson v. Denno
  Supreme Court· 1964-06-22· cited 6,121×
• Witherspoon v. Illinois
  Supreme Court· 1968-06-03· cited 4,818×
• United States v. Young
  Supreme Court· 1985-02-20· cited 4,689×
• Wainwright v. Witt
  Supreme Court· 1985-01-21· cited 3,997×
• Donnelly v. DeChristoforo
  Supreme Court· 1974-05-13· cited 3,922×
• Griffith v. Kentucky
  Supreme Court· 1987-01-13· cited 3,380×
• Ake v. Oklahoma
  Supreme Court· 1985-02-26· cited 3,332×
• Eddings v. Oklahoma
  Supreme Court· 1982-01-19· cited 3,271×
• Caldwell v. Mississippi
  Supreme Court· 1985-06-11· cited 2,827×
• Zant v. Stephens
  Supreme Court· 1983-06-22· cited 2,410×
• Enmund v. Florida
  Supreme Court· 1982-07-02· cited 2,349×
• Beck v. Alabama
  Supreme Court· 1980-06-20· cited 2,209×
• Francis v. Franklin
  Supreme Court· 1985-04-29· cited 2,053×
• Jurek v. Texas
  Supreme Court· 1976-07-02· cited 2,034×
• Adams v. Texas
  Supreme Court· 1980-06-25· cited 1,718×
• Tison v. Arizona
  Supreme Court· 1987-04-21· cited 1,617×
• Booth v. Maryland
  Supreme Court· 1987-09-21· cited 1,501×
• Lowenfield v. Phelps
  Supreme Court· 1988-03-07· cited 1,385×

Other cases named Pinkney v. State

52 other CourtListener records share this case name; the 50 most cited are listed.

• Pinkney v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1992-06-24· cited 216×
• Pinkney v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1993-02-25· cited 28×
• Pinkney v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2003-06-20· cited 26×
• Pinkney v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2001-01-11· cited 24×
• Pinkney v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2012-06-22· cited 23×
• Pinkney v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1996-01-24· cited 20×
• Pinkney v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1998-06-15· cited 20×
• Pinkney v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1970-04-06· cited 14×
• Pinkney v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2000-04-20· cited 13×
• Pinkney v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2011-11-18· cited 11×
• Pinkney v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1978-02-08· cited 6×
• Pinkney v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1971-08-05· cited 6×
• Pinkney v. State
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 2021-08-19· cited 6×
• Pinkney v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1962-06-13· cited 4×
• Pinkney v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1918-04-02· cited 4×
• Pinkney v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1970-11-25· cited 3×
• Pinkney v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2011-09-02· cited 2×
• Pinkney v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1922-05-02· cited 2×
• Pinkney v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1977-02-18· cited 2×
• Pinkney v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1996-11-08· cited 2×
• Pinkney v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2011-12-16· cited 1×
• Pinkney v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1969-02-07· cited 1×
• Pinkney v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1975-01-16· cited 1×
• Pinkney v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1991-12-27· cited 1×
• Pinkney v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1999-06-16· cited 1×
• Pinkney v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2009-09-17
• Pinkney v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2009-10-30
• Pinkney v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2009-12-04
• Pinkney v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2009-12-15
• Pinkney v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2009-07-10
• Pinkney v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2009-07-29
• Pinkney v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2008-09-24
• Pinkney v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2007-02-23
• Pinkney v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2010-07-27
• Pinkney v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2010-06-02
• Pinkney v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2011-07-22
• Pinkney v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1882-07-01
• Pinkney v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1923-04-11
• Pinkney v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1965-12-08
• Pinkney v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1966-02-15
• Pinkney v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1968-01-05
• Pinkney v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1968-02-15
• Pinkney v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1970-07-08
• Pinkney v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1971-05-07
• Pinkney v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1973-02-28
• Pinkney v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1991-04-12
• Pinkney v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1991-07-24
• Pinkney v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1991-12-27
• Pinkney v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2018-03-23
• Pinkney v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2018-10-19