State v. Velazquez

How courts have described this case

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

• rejecting claim that “a presumption of 6 death was created when the jury was instructed ‘[I]f you unanimously find that the 7 mitigation is not sufficiently substantial to call for leniency, you must return a verdict of 8 death.’”
• permitting the use of one fact to find multiple aggravators

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

36 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×
• State v. Dann
  Arizona Supreme Court· 2009-05-19· cited 146×
• State v. Bocharski
  Arizona Supreme Court· 2008-08-08· cited 107×
• 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. Gallardo
  Arizona Supreme Court· 2010-11-30· cited 76×
• 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. Dixon
  Arizona Supreme Court· 2011-05-06· cited 64×
• State v. KUHS
  Arizona Supreme Court· 2010-02-24· cited 58×
• State of Arizona v. Eric Boyston
  Arizona Supreme Court· 2013-04-15· cited 52×
• State v. Villalobos
  Arizona Supreme Court· 2010-07-01· cited 51×
• State of Arizona v. Efren Medina
  Arizona Supreme Court· 2013-08-22· cited 49×
• State of Arizona v. Jahmari Ali Manuel
  Arizona Supreme Court· 2011-12-21· cited 47×
• State v. Speer
  Arizona Supreme Court· 2009-07-24· cited 45×
• State of Arizona v. Thomas Michael Riley
  Arizona Supreme Court· 2020-03-10· cited 41×
• Gilson v. Sirmons
  Tenth Circuit· 2008-04-02· cited 40×
• State v. Martinez
  Arizona Supreme Court· 2008-07-25· cited 37×
• State v. Armstrong
  Arizona Supreme Court· 2008-07-29· cited 32×
• State v. McCray
  Arizona Supreme Court· 2008-02-14· cited 32×

Cites

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

• Blakely v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 2004-06-24· cited 13,994×
• Gregg v. Georgia
  Supreme Court· 1976-07-22· cited 7,936×
• Lockett v. Ohio
  Supreme Court· 1978-07-03· cited 5,026×
• Witherspoon v. Illinois
  Supreme Court· 1968-06-03· cited 4,818×
• Ring v. Arizona
  Supreme Court· 2002-06-24· cited 4,683×
• Wainwright v. Witt
  Supreme Court· 1985-01-21· cited 3,997×
• Adams v. Texas
  Supreme Court· 1980-06-25· cited 1,718×
• Godfrey v. Georgia
  Supreme Court· 1980-05-19· cited 1,672×
• Walton v. Arizona
  Supreme Court· 1990-08-30· cited 1,614×
• Morgan v. Illinois
  Supreme Court· 1992-06-15· cited 1,584×
• State v. Henderson
  Arizona Supreme Court· 2005-07-08· cited 1,009×
• Uttecht v. Brown
  Supreme Court· 2007-06-04· cited 596×
• Blystone v. Pennsylvania
  Supreme Court· 1990-02-28· cited 551×
• State v. Newell
  Arizona Supreme Court· 2006-04-26· cited 376×
• State v. Atwood
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1992-07-10· cited 361×
• Kansas v. Marsh
  Supreme Court· 2006-06-26· cited 332×
• State v. Bolton
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1995-06-13· cited 326×
• State v. Ellison
  Arizona Supreme Court· 2006-08-09· cited 257×
• State v. Gillies
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1983-03-01· cited 219×
• State v. Roque
  Arizona Supreme Court· 2006-08-14· cited 207×

Other cases named State v. Velazquez

17 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• State v. Velazquez
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2008-02-25· cited 12×
• State v. Velazquez
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1969-10-06· cited 7×
• State v. Velazquez
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2011-09-22· cited 5×
• State v. Velazquez
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2016-03-07· cited 4×
• State v. Velazquez
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2018-12-17· cited 4×
• State v. Velazquez
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1969-02-27· cited 3×
• State v. Velazquez
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2016-08-01· cited 3×
• State v. Velazquez
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1979-02-22· cited 2×
• State v. Velazquez
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2016-06-30· cited 1×
• State v. Velazquez
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2020-06-02· cited 1×
• State v. Velazquez
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2020-08-10· cited 1×
• State v. Velazquez
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2001-12-12· cited 1×
• State v. Velazquez
  Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals· 1998-09-30
• State v. Velazquez
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1996-01-22
• State v. Velazquez
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1998-09-25
• State v. Velazquez
  Court of Appeals of North Carolina· 2007-01-02
• State v. Velazquez
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2026-01-13