Todd v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a defendant can be separately convicted of both felony murder and the underlying felony
• recognizing that “Whitton is the seminal case and still controlling precedent in this area of law”
• explaining that \questions of constitutional law and statutory interpretation\ call for the application of our \independent judgment\
• explaining that under federal law, “[i]f the statutes pass muster under the Blockburger test, cumulative punishment is presumptively allowable.”
• noting that the maximum sentence for felony murder under the applicable state statute was ninety-nine years, and concluding that consecutive sentences for felony murder and the predicate felony of first degree robbery do not violate double jeopardy
• applying independent judgment standard to issue involving questions of federal and state constitutional law

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• State v. Watkins
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2012-03-09· cited 232×
• State v. Muhammad
  Washington Supreme Court· 2019-11-07· cited 52×
• Erickson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1997-12-12· cited 51×
• Doe v. State, Department of Public Safety
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2004-06-11· cited 36×
• McDuff v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 1997-05-01· cited 34×
• Wayne Tc Sellers IV v. The People of the State of Colorado.
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 2024-09-30· cited 21×
• State v. Hill
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 2005-03-09· cited 19×
• State v. Smart
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2009-02-27· cited 18×
• Law Offices of Steven D. Smith, P.C. v. Borg-Warner Security Corp.
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1999-12-23· cited 16×
• In Re Travis W.
  California Court of Appeal· 2003-03-25· cited 16×
• Douglas v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2009-08-14· cited 16×
• Hughes v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 2002-10-17· cited 13×
• Waiste v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2000-10-13· cited 13×
• State v. Strane
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2003-01-10· cited 12×
• Todd v. Todd
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1999-10-08· cited 10×
• Cronce v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 2009-09-25· cited 9×
• Whalen v. Hanley
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2003-01-31· cited 6×
• Knutsen v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 2004-11-26· cited 3×
• Starkweather v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 2010-12-10· cited 2×
• State, Department of Labor & Workforce Development, Division of Workers' Compensation, Second Injury Fund v. Tongass Business Center
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2012-05-18· cited 1×

Cites

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

• Blockburger v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1931-12-11· cited 10,676×
• North Carolina v. Pearce
  Supreme Court· 1969-06-23· cited 7,763×
• Benton v. Maryland
  Supreme Court· 1969-06-23· cited 4,063×
• Brown v. Ohio
  Supreme Court· 1977-06-16· cited 3,552×
• Missouri v. Hunter
  Supreme Court· 1983-01-19· cited 2,324×
• United States v. Dixon
  Supreme Court· 1993-06-28· cited 2,221×
• United States v. Halper
  Supreme Court· 1989-05-15· cited 1,945×
• Whalen v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1980-04-16· cited 1,789×
• Grady v. Corbin
  Supreme Court· 1990-05-29· cited 1,620×
• Albernaz v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1981-03-09· cited 1,588×
• Department of Revenue of Mont. v. Kurth Ranch
  Supreme Court· 1994-06-06· cited 1,050×
• Garrett v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1985-08-28· cited 1,001×
• Guin v. Ha
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1979-03-16· cited 688×
• Whitton v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1970-12-23· cited 222×
• Gray v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1970-01-16· cited 134×
• State v. Greco
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1990-08-14· cited 85×
• Talancon v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1986-06-26· cited 69×
• Christie v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1978-06-09· cited 68×
• Davenport v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1975-12-22· cited 67×
• State v. Gonzales
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1989-12-08· cited 60×