Robert Lee Norris v. Henry Risley, Warden

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 invalidated practice “constituted a continuing reminder that various spec- tators believed [the defendant’s] guilt before it was proven”
• holding that spectator buttons reading \Women Against Rape\ inherently prejudiced the defendant
• fair trial denied to the defendant when female spectators wore large buttons bearing the slogan “Women Against Rape” at the defendant’s trial for kidnapping and non-consensual sexual intercourse
• presence of female spectators wearing large buttons with the slogan “women against rape” in the audience of a trial for kidnapping and sexual intercourse without consent deprived defendant of a fair trial
• abrogated by Carey v. Musladin, 549 U.S.70, 127 S.Ct. 649, 166 L.Ed.2d 482 (2006)
• “Women Against Rape” buttons signaled community’s belief in defendant’s guilt to jury

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Carey v. Musladin
  Supreme Court· 2006-12-11· cited 1,245×
• State v. Bible
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1993-08-12· cited 658×
• State v. Atwood
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1992-07-10· cited 361×
• People v. Aleem
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 2007-01-08· cited 343×
• Benjamin Wai Silva v. Jeanne S. Woodford, Warden, San Quentin State Prison
  Ninth Circuit· 2002-02-22· cited 284×
• Commonwealth v. Gibson
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-07-24· cited 258×
• United States v. Mitchell
  Ninth Circuit· 2007-09-05· cited 194×
• State v. Lord
  Washington Supreme Court· 2007-08-30· cited 181×
• State v. Allen
  Washington Supreme Court· 2015-01-15· cited 166×
• State of Tennessee v. Lemaricus Devall Davidson
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2016-12-19· cited 132×
• Overstreet v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2007-11-27· cited 112×
• In Re Woods
  Washington Supreme Court· 2005-06-16· cited 108×
• In re the Personal Restraint of Woods
  Washington Supreme Court· 2005-06-16· cited 105×
• In Re Contempt of Dudzinski
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 2003-08-11· cited 95×
• Timothy T. Ryan, Jr. v. County of Dupage, and Sheriff Richard P. Doria and Deputy Sheriff Miller, Individually and in Their Official Capacities
  Seventh Circuit· 1995-01-19· cited 84×
• United States v. John C. Sheffey
  Sixth Circuit· 1995-09-20· cited 81×
• Ronald Woods v. Richard L. Dugger
  Eleventh Circuit· 1991-02-05· cited 80×
• People v. Ybarra
  California Court of Appeal· 2008-09-12· cited 71×
• State v. Johnson
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2008-08-05· cited 62×
• State v. Schierman
  Washington Supreme Court· 2015-05-05· cited 62×

Cites

19 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Duncan v. Louisiana
  Supreme Court· 1968-05-20· cited 3,740×
• Irvin v. Dowd
  Supreme Court· 1961-06-05· cited 3,697×
• Illinois v. Allen
  Supreme Court· 1970-04-06· cited 3,248×
• Estelle v. Williams
  Supreme Court· 1976-06-21· cited 2,305×
• Richmond Newspapers, Inc. v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1980-07-02· cited 1,951×
• United States v. Winston Bryant McConney
  Ninth Circuit· 1984-02-10· cited 1,819×
• Estes v. Texas
  Supreme Court· 1965-06-07· cited 1,725×
• Globe Newspaper Co. v. Superior Court, County of Norfolk
  Supreme Court· 1982-06-23· cited 1,561×
• Holbrook v. Flynn
  Supreme Court· 1986-03-26· cited 1,122×
• Turner v. Louisiana
  Supreme Court· 1965-01-18· cited 1,063×
• Cox v. Louisiana
  Supreme Court· 1965-01-18· cited 938×
• Taylor v. Kentucky
  Supreme Court· 1978-05-30· cited 844×
• Robert Lee Norris v. Henry Risley, Warden
  Ninth Circuit· 1989-06-30· cited 260×
• Joel Levine v. United States District Court for the Central District of California, United States of America, Real Party in Interest
  Ninth Circuit· 1985-08-19· cited 119×
• Holloway v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-02· cited 81×
• State v. Franklin
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1985-03-01· cited 45×
• State v. McNaught
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1986-01-17· cited 40×
• State v. Norris
  Montana Supreme Court· 1984-10-04· cited 12×
• Liebman v. Brunell
  Montana Supreme Court· 1984-10-09· cited 3×