State Ex Rel. Westfall v. Mason

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a jury’s finding of no aggravators at a first trial does not preclude the State’s seeking the death penalty at a second trial, because it is not clear why the jury decided the way it did at the first trial
• rev’d on other grounds by Bullington v. Missouri, 451 U.S. 430, 101 S.Ct. 1852, 68 L.Ed.2d 270
• “When considering the constitutionality of a punishment statute enacted by our legislature, we presume its validity and those who seek to invalidate it bear a heavy burden of demonstrating that it is ... excessive”

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Cited by

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

• Bullington v. Missouri
  Supreme Court· 1981-05-04· cited 875×
• State v. Ramseur
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1987-03-05· cited 731×
• State v. Hancock
  Ohio Supreme Court· 2006-02-01· cited 535×
• Sattazahn v. Pennsylvania
  Supreme Court· 2003-01-14· cited 379×
• State v. Newlon
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1982-02-09· cited 237×
• People v. Monge
  California Supreme Court· 1997-08-27· cited 145×
• State v. Royal
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1981-01-13· cited 131×
• State v. Bannister
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1984-11-20· cited 120×
• People v. Levin
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1993-11-29· cited 116×
• James v. Paul
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 2001-05-29· cited 98×
• State v. White
  Ohio Supreme Court· 2012-06-14· cited 56×
• Doyle J. Williams v. Bill Armontrout
  Eighth Circuit· 1990-10-12· cited 51×
• State v. Holmes
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1980-12-15· cited 48×
• James Leggins v. A.L. Lockhart, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction
  Eighth Circuit· 1987-07-31· cited 41×
• Sistrunk, Edward v. Edmund Lyons and the Attorney General of the State of Pennsylvania and District Attorney of Phila. County
  Third Circuit· 1981-03-31· cited 21×
• People v. Bailey
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2013-04-26· cited 19×
• Horne v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1980-11-12· cited 19×
• John Byron Cuffle v. Robert Goldsmith
  Ninth Circuit· 1990-06-15· cited 17×
• Ex Parte Mathes
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1992-04-22· cited 17×
• Trimble v. State
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1985-05-21· cited 17×

Cites

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

• North Carolina v. Alford
  Supreme Court· 1970-11-23· cited 9,465×
• Gregg v. Georgia
  Supreme Court· 1976-07-22· cited 7,936×
• North Carolina v. Pearce
  Supreme Court· 1969-06-23· cited 7,763×
• Brady v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1970-05-04· cited 7,191×
• Furman v. Georgia
  Supreme Court· 1972-06-29· cited 5,066×
• Lockett v. Ohio
  Supreme Court· 1978-07-03· cited 5,026×
• Burks v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1978-06-14· cited 4,912×
• Ashe v. Swenson
  Supreme Court· 1970-04-20· cited 4,277×
• Duncan v. Louisiana
  Supreme Court· 1968-05-20· cited 3,740×
• Green v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1957-12-16· cited 3,075×
• Woodson v. North Carolina
  Supreme Court· 1976-07-02· cited 2,907×
• West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette
  Supreme Court· 1943-06-14· cited 2,477×
• Duren v. Missouri
  Supreme Court· 1979-01-09· cited 2,373×
• United States v. Jorn
  Supreme Court· 1971-01-25· cited 2,215×
• Jurek v. Texas
  Supreme Court· 1976-07-02· cited 2,034×
• Blackledge v. Perry
  Supreme Court· 1974-05-20· cited 1,945×
• Proffitt v. Florida
  Supreme Court· 1976-07-22· cited 1,798×
• United States v. Jackson
  Supreme Court· 1968-04-08· cited 1,409×
• United States v. Ball
  Supreme Court· 1896-05-25· cited 1,376×
• United States v. Ewell
  Supreme Court· 1966-02-23· cited 1,196×

Other cases named State Ex Rel. Westfall v. Mason

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• State ex rel. Westfall v. Mason
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1981-07-14· cited 1×