Wilson v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• evidence that “defendant was unnecessarily torturous in his commission of the crimes” sufficient to support finding that four murders were heinous
• application not arbitrary or inconsistent with prior law where the appellant’s conduct created a risk to seven people who were in one room and for one other person who was in another part of the residence

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• State v. Courchesne
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2003-03-11· cited 204×
• Gavin v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2003-09-26· cited 135×
• Broadnax v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2000-12-01· cited 114×
• Stallworth v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2003-01-31· cited 103×
• Ex Parte Hodges
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2003-03-14· cited 94×
• Jackson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2000-03-31· cited 91×
• Johnson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2000-04-28· cited 86×
• McNabb v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2003-04-25· cited 84×
• Lewis v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2003-05-30· cited 83×
• Ferguson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2000-06-30· cited 80×
• Reeves v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2000-10-27· cited 79×
• Johnson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2001-06-29· cited 78×
• Smith v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2000-05-26· cited 74×
• Ex Parte Ferguson
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2001-07-06· cited 73×
• Clark v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2003-06-27· cited 68×
• Minor v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2004-08-27· cited 68×
• Calhoun v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2005-04-29· cited 67×
• Lewis v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2007-11-02· cited 64×
• Lee v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2003-06-27· cited 61×
• Duke v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2002-05-31· cited 61×

Cites

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

• Brady v. Maryland
  Supreme Court· 1963-05-13· cited 33,902×
• Batson v. Kentucky
  Supreme Court· 1986-04-30· cited 16,401×
• Boykin v. Alabama
  Supreme Court· 1969-06-02· cited 12,640×
• In Re WINSHIP
  Supreme Court· 1970-05-18· cited 11,712×
• United States v. Frady
  Supreme Court· 1982-05-24· cited 5,791×
• Furman v. Georgia
  Supreme Court· 1972-06-29· cited 5,066×
• Lockett v. Ohio
  Supreme Court· 1978-07-03· cited 5,026×
• Doyle v. Ohio
  Supreme Court· 1976-06-17· cited 4,773×
• United States v. Young
  Supreme Court· 1985-02-20· cited 4,689×
• Darden v. Wainwright
  Supreme Court· 1986-09-03· cited 4,161×
• Wainwright v. Witt
  Supreme Court· 1985-01-21· cited 3,997×
• Donnelly v. DeChristoforo
  Supreme Court· 1974-05-13· cited 3,922×
• Irvin v. Dowd
  Supreme Court· 1961-06-05· cited 3,697×
• Kolender v. Lawson
  Supreme Court· 1983-05-02· cited 3,306×
• Eddings v. Oklahoma
  Supreme Court· 1982-01-19· cited 3,271×
• Caldwell v. Mississippi
  Supreme Court· 1985-06-11· cited 2,827×
• Sheppard v. Maxwell
  Supreme Court· 1966-06-06· cited 2,653×
• Zant v. Stephens
  Supreme Court· 1983-06-22· cited 2,410×
• Boyde v. California
  Supreme Court· 1990-04-23· cited 1,983×
• Proffitt v. Florida
  Supreme Court· 1976-07-22· cited 1,798×