State v. Shaw

How courts have described this case

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

• upholding death sentence of two defendants who pled guilty to murder
• upholding death penalty with bifurcated system similar to that of Georgia
• photographs depicting post-mortem abuse to victim’s body properly admitted, not as additional evidence in aggravation of punishment, but as evidence of the circumstances of the crime and the characteristics of the individual defendant

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• State v. Black
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1991-08-05· cited 445×
• State v. Torrence
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1991-05-20· cited 352×
• Tichnell v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1980-06-10· cited 300×
• State v. Copeland
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1982-11-10· cited 134×
• Joseph Carl Shaw v. Joseph R. Martin, Warden, Central Correctional Institution, and Hon. Daniel R. McLeod Attorney General for South Carolina
  Fourth Circuit· 1984-04-26· cited 118×
• State v. Linder
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1981-05-14· cited 114×
• State v. Green
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1990-03-19· cited 89×
• Eddings v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma· 1980-03-21· cited 87×
• State v. Plath
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1984-01-17· cited 85×
• Roach v. Martin
  Fourth Circuit· 1985-03-20· cited 82×
• Glass v. Louisiana
  Supreme Court· 1985-05-28· cited 78×
• State v. Kornahrens
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1986-10-13· cited 73×
• Williams v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1983-05-31· cited 72×
• State v. Tyner
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1979-08-23· cited 69×
• State v. Thompson
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1982-01-07· cited 68×
• Ex Parte Thomas
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1984-08-24· cited 68×
• Wright v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1985-10-22· cited 59×
• State v. Gaskins
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1985-01-22· cited 58×
• State v. Tucker
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1995-08-21· cited 56×
• State v. Gilbert
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1981-09-14· cited 54×

Cites

13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• 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×
• Jurek v. Texas
  Supreme Court· 1976-07-02· cited 2,034×
• Proffitt v. Florida
  Supreme Court· 1976-07-22· cited 1,798×
• Roberts v. Louisiana
  Supreme Court· 1976-10-12· cited 802×
• Louisiana Ex Rel. Francis v. Resweber
  Supreme Court· 1947-02-10· cited 571×
• Roberts v. Louisiana
  Supreme Court· 1977-06-06· cited 257×
• Smith v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1978-10-06· cited 232×
• Waye v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1979-01-12· cited 95×
• McElvaine v. Brush
  Supreme Court· 1891-12-21· cited 56×
• State v. Campbell
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1972-10-02· cited 16×
• State v. Bellue
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1973-01-15· cited 11×