Russell v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• “the opinion was one which a normal person who had previously seen puncture wounds caused by screwdrivers would form”
• “Lay witnesses are permitted to give their opinion as to the cause of death or other physical condition if the witness is qualified by experience and observation with regard to the subject matter.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

16 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Nooner v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1995-10-09· cited 122×
• Green v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2013-12-05· cited 47×
• Hopkins v. Arkansas Department of Human Services
  Court of Appeals of Arkansas· 2002-08-28· cited 32×
• Magar v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1992-02-24· cited 28×
• Killcrease v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1992-09-14· cited 23×
• Luedemann v. Wade
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1996-01-22· cited 19×
• Mitchael v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1992-04-13· cited 12×
• Tallant v. State
  Court of Appeals of Arkansas· 1993-06-16· cited 11×
• Scott v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1996-07-08· cited 7×
• Hall v. State
  Court of Appeals of Arkansas· 2018-10-03· cited 6×
• McDaniel v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2019-03-07· cited 4×
• Brown v. State
  Court of Appeals of Arkansas· 2019-01-23· cited 4×
• Devon Romick v. State of Arkansas
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2025-05-01· cited 4×
• Frank Wheeler v. State of Arkansas
  Court of Appeals of Arkansas· 2025-09-03· cited 4×
• Moore v. State
  Court of Appeals of Arkansas· 1997-06-25· cited 3×
• McCulley v. State
  Court of Appeals of Arkansas· 2017-05-17· cited 1×

Cites

6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Carton v. Missouri Pacific Railroad
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1990-11-12· cited 51×
• Chaviers v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1979-10-29· cited 44×
• Brewer v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1980-06-02· cited 32×
• Berry v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1983-03-14· cited 31×
• McAway v. Holland
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1979-09-05· cited 6×
• Bryan v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1986-02-03· cited 6×