State v. Williams

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that victim’s violent character was not essential element of self-defense because it was not “an operative fact which, under substantive law, determines the rights and liabilities of the parties”
• applying Lehman’s analysis to evidence of specific instances of conduct by a victim and holding that Rule 405 prohibited admission of the evidence when the victim’s character was not essential to the defense claimed
• murder victim's alleged membership in Mexican Mafia subject of motion in limine

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Jenewicz
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 2008-01-28· cited 184×
• State v. Spreitz
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1997-09-11· cited 122×
• Sherroan v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2004-08-26· cited 46×
• State v. Taylor
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1991-09-17· cited 37×
• State v. Santanna
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1987-03-04· cited 27×
• In Re the Commitment of Jaramillo
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2008-01-25· cited 7×
• State v. Roscoe
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1995-06-29· cited 4×
• Celaya v. Stewart
  D. Arizona· 2010-02-25· cited 2×
• In Re the Detention of Wilfredo Jaramillo
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2008-01-25

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• State v. Lagasse
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1980-01-24· cited 88×
• State v. Wussler
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1984-03-01· cited 51×
• State v. Denny
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1978-06-01· cited 34×
• State v. Jackson
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1963-05-29· cited 34×
• McClellan v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1978-09-18· cited 26×
• State v. Zamora
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1984-05-03· cited 17×
• State v. Lehman
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1980-05-15· cited 16×
• State v. Evans
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1980-01-17· cited 12×
• State v. Towns
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1983-07-07· cited 2×