Walker 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 “knowledge is an essential element of the offense of illegal possession of a controlled substance under the Alabama Controlled Substance Act” despite statute’s omission of whether “knowing” possession is required
• due process restrains legislature's power to create strict liability crimes

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• State v. Adkins
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2012-07-12· cited 570×
• State v. Bradshaw
  Washington Supreme Court· 2004-10-14· cited 154×
• Temple v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1978-12-19· cited 132×
• Donahoo v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1986-10-14· cited 132×
• Dawkins v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1988-10-10· cited 120×
• State v. Blake
  Washington Supreme Court· 2021-02-25· cited 120×
• Ex Parte Harper
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1991-09-27· cited 57×
• Mauldin v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1981-08-04· cited 55×
• Commonwealth v. Robinson
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-12-30· cited 50×
• Calhoun v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1984-06-12· cited 40×
• McCrary v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1983-04-08· cited 39×
• Donahoo v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1989-09-29· cited 31×
• State v. Spurlock
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1981-01-20· cited 27×
• Korreckt v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1987-05-12· cited 25×
• Walker v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1977-12-06· cited 24×
• Stanfield v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1988-04-26· cited 20×
• Bright v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1995-12-01· cited 20×
• State v. Self
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1986-05-27· cited 13×
• Stewart v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1991-05-17· cited 11×
• Ex Parte Phillips
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2000-03-10· cited 9×

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Smith v. California
  Supreme Court· 1960-06-13· cited 1,258×
• United States v. Dotterweich
  Supreme Court· 1943-11-22· cited 851×
• United States v. Balint
  Supreme Court· 1922-03-27· cited 605×
• Parks v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1971-05-25· cited 72×
• Rueffert v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1970-06-16· cited 50×
• Daniels v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1973-03-20· cited 47×
• Grimes v. State
  Alabama Court of Appeals· 1954-12-21· cited 27×
• Davis v. State
  Alabama Court of Appeals· 1960-03-15· cited 13×
• Walker v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1977-01-04· cited 3×