State v. Morris

How courts have described this case

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

• upholding finding of especial cruelty when evidence showed that the victims suffered and struggled during the murders
• stating a prosecutor is not permitted to make arguments that “appeal to the fears or passions of the jury”
• stating a prosecutor is not permitted to make arguments that “appeal to the fears or passions of the jury”
• upholding especial cruelty when state offered evidence that victims suffered and struggled during strangulation

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• State of Arizona v. Christopher Mathew Payne
  Arizona Supreme Court· 2013-11-21· cited 304×
• Ritchie v. Krasner
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2009-04-21· cited 173×
• State of Arizona v. Mark Goudeau
  Arizona Supreme Court· 2016-06-17· cited 125×
• State of Arizona v. Steven John Parker
  Arizona Supreme Court· 2013-03-13· cited 110×
• State of Arizona v. Joel Randu Escalante-Orozco
  Arizona Supreme Court· 2017-01-12· cited 102×
• State v. Cruz
  Arizona Supreme Court· 2008-04-21· cited 98×
• State of Arizona v. Dale Shawn Hausner
  Arizona Supreme Court· 2012-07-10· cited 89×
• State of Arizona v. Johnathan Ian Burns
  Arizona Supreme Court· 2015-03-10· cited 88×
• State v. Garza
  Arizona Supreme Court· 2007-06-29· cited 83×
• McKinney v. Arizona
  Supreme Court· 2020-02-25· cited 83×
• State v. Gallardo
  Arizona Supreme Court· 2010-11-30· cited 76×
• In Re the Marriage of Williams
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2008-12-31· cited 74×
• State v. Don Chappell
  Arizona Supreme Court· 2010-08-03· cited 73×
• State v. Prince
  Arizona Supreme Court· 2011-05-06· cited 69×
• State v. Felix
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2015-05-21· cited 68×
• State of Arizona v. Manuel Ovante, Jr.
  Arizona Supreme Court· 2013-01-11· cited 65×
• State v. Dixon
  Arizona Supreme Court· 2011-05-06· cited 64×
• State of Arizona v. Michael Jonathon Carlson
  Arizona Supreme Court· 2015-06-18· cited 64×
• State v. Cota
  Arizona Supreme Court· 2012-03-22· cited 61×
• State v. KUHS
  Arizona Supreme Court· 2010-02-24· cited 58×

Cites

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

• Chapman v. California
  Supreme Court· 1967-03-27· cited 23,069×
• Gregg v. Georgia
  Supreme Court· 1976-07-22· cited 7,936×
• Ring v. Arizona
  Supreme Court· 2002-06-24· cited 4,683×
• Donnelly v. DeChristoforo
  Supreme Court· 1974-05-13· cited 3,922×
• Woodson v. North Carolina
  Supreme Court· 1976-07-02· cited 2,907×
• Duren v. Missouri
  Supreme Court· 1979-01-09· cited 2,373×
• State v. Henderson
  Arizona Supreme Court· 2005-07-08· cited 1,009×
• Smith v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1954-12-06· cited 719×
• State v. Chapple
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1983-01-11· cited 423×
• State v. Newell
  Arizona Supreme Court· 2006-04-26· cited 376×
• State v. Atwood
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1992-07-10· cited 361×
• State v. Gillies
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1983-03-01· cited 219×
• State v. Murray
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1995-10-26· cited 217×
• State v. Roque
  Arizona Supreme Court· 2006-08-14· cited 207×
• State v. Salazar
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1992-12-17· cited 207×
• State v. Hughes
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1998-11-19· cited 195×
• State v. Anderson
  Arizona Supreme Court· 2005-05-04· cited 191×
• State v. Gulbrandson
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1995-11-02· cited 189×
• State v. Trostle
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1997-12-24· cited 187×
• State v. Hunter
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1984-09-20· cited 183×