State v. Wilson

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that if substantial evidence was presented supporting either theory of first degree murder presented by the State, jury verdict of guilty would not be disturbed
• holding that the accused cannot impeach a verdict on the basis that the jury could not agree on the theory of first-degree murder
• recognizing premeditated and felony murder as alternative theories of first-degree murder; upholding verdict because it “can be justified on either of two interpretations of the evidence”
• jury did not have to be unanimous about whether the aggravating circumstance in a first degree murder was burglary or arson

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Schad v. Arizona
  Supreme Court· 1991-09-13· cited 1,454×
• State v. Salazar
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1997-09-03· cited 228×
• State v. Tillman
  Utah Supreme Court· 1987-12-22· cited 213×
• State v. Brown
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2012-08-24· cited 152×
• Wells v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1978-01-10· cited 131×
• State v. Boots
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1989-09-26· cited 111×
• State v. Wright
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2010-02-26· cited 105×
• State v. Williams
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1979-11-14· cited 100×
• State v. Kingsley
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1993-04-16· cited 85×
• State v. Quick
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1979-07-14· cited 75×
• State v. Vontress
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1998-12-11· cited 75×
• State v. Henson
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1977-03-05· cited 73×
• State v. Wakefield
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1999-04-16· cited 70×
• State v. Buckman
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 1991-04-25· cited 70×
• State v. James
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1985-04-19· cited 69×
• State v. Underwood
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1980-07-18· cited 68×
• Newsted v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma· 1986-06-16· cited 67×
• Bouwkamp v. State
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 1992-06-02· cited 67×
• State v. Wilson & Wentworth
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1977-01-22· cited 65×
• James v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma· 1981-11-13· cited 61×

Cites

17 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Miranda v. Arizona
  Supreme Court· 1966-06-13· cited 58,288×
• People v. . Sullivan
  New York Court of Appeals· 1903-01-06· cited 204×
• People v. Milan
  California Supreme Court· 1973-03-28· cited 159×
• State v. Ritson
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1974-12-07· cited 51×
• State v. Moffitt
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1967-08-31· cited 49×
• State v. Warbritton
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1974-11-02· cited 47×
• State v. Milow
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1967-11-13· cited 39×
• State v. Clark
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1969-11-08· cited 37×
• State v. McClain
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1975-04-05· cited 35×
• State v. Soverns
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1974-12-07· cited 34×
• State v. Hazelett
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 1972-01-06· cited 33×
• State v. Winston
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1974-04-06· cited 26×
• State v. Flathers
  South Dakota Supreme Court· 1930-09-22· cited 22×
• State v. King
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1976-04-10· cited 14×
• State v. Austin
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1972-04-08· cited 10×
• State v. McClain
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1976-06-12· cited 7×
• State v. Bailey
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1906-10-06· cited 5×