State v. Ryan

How courts have described this case

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

• cult leader entered plea of not guilty by reason of insanity after following Yahweh’s “command” to torture and kill an “unfaithful” cult member

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• State v. Carruthers
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2000-12-11· cited 1,277×
• Jeffrey D. Lundgren v. Betty Mitchell, Warden
  Sixth Circuit· 2006-03-13· cited 562×
• State v. Bjorklund
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 2000-02-25· cited 265×
• State v. Urbano
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 1999-02-12· cited 240×
• State v. Ross
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1994-07-26· cited 228×
• Strunk v. Chromy-Strunk
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 2006-01-20· cited 209×
• State v. Gales
  Nebraska Court of Appeals· 2005-03-18· cited 200×
• Deboue v. Louisiana
  Supreme Court· 1990-10-01· cited 160×
• State v. Sanchez
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 1999-07-16· cited 131×
• State v. Hessler
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 2007-11-30· cited 130×
• State v. Gales
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 2003-03-28· cited 124×
• State v. Joyner
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1993-05-04· cited 123×
• State v. Dunster
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 2001-08-03· cited 120×
• MICHAEL W. RYAN, PETITIONER—APPELLANT v. HAROLD W. CLARKE, DIRECTOR, STATE OF NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES RESPONDENT—APPELLEE
  Eighth Circuit· 2004-12-13· cited 113×
• State v. Reeves
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 1990-03-16· cited 103×
• State of Iowa v. Mark Daryl Becker
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2012-07-20· cited 95×
• State v. Boppre
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 1990-03-30· cited 83×
• Matter of Seaman
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1993-07-16· cited 80×
• Robert Williams v. Harold W. Clarke
  Eighth Circuit· 1995-01-25· cited 68×
• State v. Reeves
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 2000-01-07· cited 68×

Cites

97 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×
• Furman v. Georgia
  Supreme Court· 1972-06-29· cited 5,066×
• Lockett v. Ohio
  Supreme Court· 1978-07-03· cited 5,026×
• Patterson v. New York
  Supreme Court· 1977-06-17· cited 2,751×
• Rose v. Clark
  Supreme Court· 1986-07-02· cited 2,431×
• Zant v. Stephens
  Supreme Court· 1983-06-22· cited 2,410×
• Huddleston v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1988-05-02· cited 2,215×
• Pulley v. Harris
  Supreme Court· 1984-01-23· cited 2,080×
• Estelle v. Smith
  Supreme Court· 1981-05-18· cited 2,053×
• McMillan v. Pennsylvania
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-19· cited 1,908×
• Proffitt v. Florida
  Supreme Court· 1976-07-22· cited 1,798×
• Michigan v. Jackson
  Supreme Court· 1986-04-01· cited 1,418×
• Maynard v. Cartwright
  Supreme Court· 1988-06-06· cited 1,367×
• Opper v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1954-12-06· cited 1,280×
• Spaziano v. Florida
  Supreme Court· 1984-07-02· cited 1,061×
• Leland v. Oregon
  Supreme Court· 1952-10-13· cited 1,010×
• Buchanan v. Kentucky
  Supreme Court· 1987-06-24· cited 601×
• Davis v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1895-12-16· cited 594×
• Martin v. Ohio
  Supreme Court· 1987-04-20· cited 540×