Sheffield v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that the doctrine of universal malice \is intended to embrace those cases where a person has no deliberate intent to kill or injure any particular individual\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Revis v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2011-01-13· cited 31×
• Hutcherson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2017-07-07· cited 5×
• Whited v. State
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2015-02-06· cited 4×
• Whited v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2014-03-14· cited 2×
• Sheffield v. State
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2014-05-30· cited 2×
• W.B.S. v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2017-04-28
• Tapero Carleone Johnson v. State of Alabama
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2025-12-19

Cites

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

• Strickland v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 123,578×
• Tibbs v. Florida
  Supreme Court· 1982-06-07· cited 3,796×
• United States v. Powell
  Supreme Court· 1984-12-10· cited 2,102×
• Dunn v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1932-01-11· cited 1,678×
• Cumbo v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1978-12-19· cited 507×
• People v. Riel
  California Supreme Court· 2000-05-18· cited 486×
• Mann v. Oklahoma
  Supreme Court· 1994-05-16· cited 371×
• Faircloth v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1984-07-17· cited 362×
• Bankston v. State
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1978-04-07· cited 241×
• Young v. State
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1969-03-13· cited 220×
• Taylor v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1994-07-08· cited 199×
• State Ex Rel. Daniel v. Legursky
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1995-11-17· cited 199×
• Bush v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1996-03-08· cited 196×
• Coral v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1992-03-27· cited 196×
• Ex Parte Taylor
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1995-05-05· cited 189×
• Haney v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1991-06-28· cited 188×
• Thomas v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1978-10-31· cited 185×
• Ex Parte Haney
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1992-06-19· cited 178×
• Ward v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1990-01-19· cited 176×
• Hooks v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1987-07-28· cited 174×