Wiggins v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that, in a non-jury, capital case, this Court will defer to the factual findings of the trial court, unless clearly erroneous, even if conviction is based on circumstantial evidence
• finding no merit in challenges to defendant's burden regarding statutorily recognized and other mitigating factors and to burden of proof
• finding no merit in challenges to defendant’s burden regarding statutorily recognized and other mitigating factors and to burden of proof
• finding no merit in challenges to defendant’s burden regarding statutorily recognized and other mitigating factors and to burden of proof
• finding no merit in challenges to defendant’s burden regarding statutorily recognized and other mitigating factors or to burden of proof
• finding no merit in challenges to defendant's burden regarding statutorily recognized and other mitigating factors or to burden of proof

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Wiggins v. Smith, Warden
  Supreme Court· 2003-06-26· cited 5,961×
• State v. Webb
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1994-09-21· cited 262×
• Hughes v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1999-03-31· cited 231×
• Oken v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1992-09-17· cited 141×
• Conyers v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1999-05-17· cited 137×
• Ball v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1997-09-10· cited 121×
• Ware v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2000-09-14· cited 116×
• Grandison v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1995-12-27· cited 97×
• Whittlesey v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1995-09-28· cited 96×
• Evans v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2006-12-19· cited 93×
• Conyers v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1997-05-08· cited 89×
• Metheny v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2000-07-24· cited 81×
• Hebron v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1993-07-22· cited 80×
• Owens v. Guida
  Sixth Circuit· 2008-12-09· cited 79×
• Bruce v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1992-12-10· cited 78×
• United States v. Sampson
  D. Massachusetts· 2004-08-26· cited 76×
• Williams v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1996-07-30· cited 69×
• Booth v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1992-06-24· cited 66×
• Perry v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1996-12-16· cited 60×
• Wiggins v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1999-02-10· cited 53×

Cites

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

• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Lockett v. Ohio
  Supreme Court· 1978-07-03· cited 5,026×
• Payne v. Tennessee
  Supreme Court· 1991-09-13· cited 3,458×
• Pulley v. Harris
  Supreme Court· 1984-01-23· cited 2,080×
• Boyde v. California
  Supreme Court· 1990-04-23· cited 1,983×
• Walton v. Arizona
  Supreme Court· 1990-08-30· cited 1,614×
• Booth v. Maryland
  Supreme Court· 1987-09-21· cited 1,501×
• Mills v. Maryland
  Supreme Court· 1988-06-06· cited 1,392×
• McGautha v. California
  Supreme Court· 1971-05-03· cited 1,077×
• Franklin v. Lynaugh
  Supreme Court· 1988-09-15· cited 852×
• Bottoson v. Florida
  Supreme Court· 1984-10-01· cited 793×
• Tichnell v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1980-06-10· cited 300×
• Hunt v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1990-12-28· cited 176×
• Johnson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1985-07-17· cited 171×
• McKenna v. Nevada
  Supreme Court· 1986-01-21· cited 153×
• Sireci v. Florida
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-30· cited 144×
• West v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1988-03-31· cited 119×
• Wilson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1990-05-29· cited 115×
• Stebbing v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1984-04-16· cited 115×
• Doering v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1988-08-25· cited 113×