Zant v. Stephens

How courts have described this case

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

• death penalty may be imposed upon the finding of at least one statutory aggravating circumstance, regardless of the invalidity of other circumstances

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Zant v. Stephens
  Supreme Court· 1983-06-22· cited 2,410×
• Walton v. Arizona
  Supreme Court· 1990-08-30· cited 1,614×
• Cabana v. Bullock
  Supreme Court· 1986-01-22· cited 536×
• William Anthony Brooks v. Ralph Kemp, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center, Respondent
  Eleventh Circuit· 1985-07-23· cited 282×
• Ford v. Strickland
  Eleventh Circuit· 1983-01-07· cited 223×
• Brown v. Sanders
  Supreme Court· 2006-01-11· cited 188×
• Wayne Carl Coleman v. Ralph Kemp, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center, Respondent
  Eleventh Circuit· 1986-01-31· cited 157×
• People v. Davis
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1990-07-09· cited 154×
• Henry Arthur Drake v. Ralph Kemp, Warden
  Eleventh Circuit· 1985-05-31· cited 152×
• Conner v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1983-05-24· cited 147×
• Fugate v. Head
  Eleventh Circuit· 2001-08-16· cited 133×
• Wilson v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1983-03-01· cited 112×
• Mincey v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1983-07-07· cited 110×
• State v. LaRette
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1983-03-29· cited 100×
• Johnny Mack Westbrook v. Walter B. Zant, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center
  Eleventh Circuit· 1983-05-16· cited 95×
• Ross v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1985-02-08· cited 95×
• Richard Tucker v. Ralph Kemp, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center, Respondent
  Eleventh Circuit· 1985-07-23· cited 94×
• William Neal Moore v. Charles Balkcom, Warden, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General
  Eleventh Circuit· 1983-09-30· cited 93×
• Turpin v. Todd
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1997-12-05· cited 92×
• Ford v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1987-09-24· cited 90×

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Stromberg v. California
  Supreme Court· 1931-05-18· cited 1,418×
• Yates v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1957-06-17· cited 1,277×
• Street v. New York
  Supreme Court· 1969-04-21· cited 632×
• Hawes v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1977-11-28· cited 237×
• Bachellar v. Maryland
  Supreme Court· 1970-04-20· cited 234×
• Fleming v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1977-11-08· cited 184×
• Waters v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1981-10-08· cited 163×
• Arnold v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1976-04-06· cited 133×
• Stephens v. Hopper
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1978-07-06· cited 101×
• Stephens v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1976-07-14· cited 56×