aggravating and mitigating factors in Alabama

10 Alabama opinions name it 2 courts 1994–2016 0 in the last five years

The cases below were cited by Alabama courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.

Followed or applied (4)

Case	Followed	Cited
Virgil Lee Brownlee v. Michael Haleygreen ca11 · 2002 · cited in 2 Alabama opinions naming this issue, 2009–2011 2 sentences 2011See, e.g., Brownlee v. Haley, 306 F.3d 1043, 1050 (11th Cir.2002) (“After the jury has returned its advisory verdict at the sentencing phase, the trial judge orders and receives a presentence investigation report, hears further arguments, and may receive additional evidence concerning the aggravating and mitigating factors.”). 2009See, e.g., Brownlee v. Haley, 306 F.3d 1043, 1050 (11th Cir.2002) (‘After the jury has returned its advisory verdict at the sentencing phase, the trial judge orders and receives a presentence investigation report, hears further arguments, and may receive additional evidence concerning the aggravating and mitigating factors.’).” 123 So.3d at 1030 .	2	2
Woodward v. Stategreen alacrimapp · 2011 · cited in 1 Alabama opinions naming this issue, 2009–2009 1 sentence 2009See, e.g., Brownlee v. Haley, 306 F.3d 1043, 1050 (11th Cir.2002) (‘After the jury has returned its advisory verdict at the sentencing phase, the trial judge orders and receives a presentence investigation report, hears further arguments, and may receive additional evidence concerning the aggravating and mitigating factors.’).” 123 So.3d at 1030 .	1	1
Sneed v. Stategreen alacrimapp · 1999 · cited in 1 Alabama opinions naming this issue, 2000–2000 1 sentence 2000See Sneed v. State, 783 So.2d 841 (Ala.Crim.	1	1
Morrison v. Stategreen alacrimapp · 1985 · cited in 1 Alabama opinions naming this issue, 1994–1994 2 sentences 1994"Therefore, while the aggravating circumstances must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt at the guilt phase, the jury may return the death penalty if it finds at the penalty phase simply that the aggravating circumstances outweigh the mitigating circumstances." Morrison v. State, 500 So.2d 36, 45 (Ala.Crim.App.1985), aff'd, 500 So.2d 57 (1986), cert. denied, 481 U.S. 1007 , 107 S.Ct. 1634 , 95 L.Ed.2d 207 (1987). 1994"Therefore, while the aggravating circumstances must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt at the guilt phase, the jury may return the death penalty if it finds at the penalty phase simply that the aggravating circumstances outweigh the mitigating circumstances." Morrison v. State , 500 So.2d 36 , 45 (Ala.Crim.App. 1985), aff'd, 500 So.2d 57 (1986), cert. denied, 481 U.S. 1007 , 107 S.Ct. 1634 , 95 L.Ed.2d 207 (1987).	1	1

Distinguished, questioned or overruled (0)

Case	Negative	Cited
No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Alabama. Read the followed side critically anyway.

Also cited on this issue (15)

Case	Cited	Years
Russell v. State neutral alacrimapp · 2015 2 sentences 2016This Court affirmed Russell's conviction and sentence in Russell v. State , 261 So. 3d 397 (Ala. Crim. 2016This Court affirmed Russell's conviction and sentence in Russell v. State , 261 So. 3d 397 (Ala. Crim.	2	2016–2016
Kirksey v. State green alacrimapp · 2014 2 sentences 2016This Court affirmed Kirksey's conviction and sentence in Kirksey v. State , 191 So.3d 810 (Ala. Crim. 2016This Court affirmed Kirksey's conviction and sentence in Kirksey v. State , 191 So.3d 810 (Ala. Crim.	2	2016–2016
Ex Parte Waldrop green ala · 2002 1 sentence 2005"An additional consideration by this Court is the guidance provided by the Supreme Court of Alabama in Ex parte Waldrop, [ 859 So.2d 1181 (Ala.2002)].	1	2005–2005
Embrey v. State green ala · 1968 2 sentences 1995Embrey v. State , 283 Ala. 110 , 118 , 214 So.2d 567 (1968). " 'This line of argument is "within the latitude allowed prosecutors in their exhortations to the jury to discharge their duties in such a manner as, not only to punish crime, but to protect the public from like offenses and as an example to deter others from committing like offenses." Varner v. State , 418 So.2d 961 (Ala.Cr.App. 1982); Cook v. State , 369 So.2d 1243 (Ala.Cr.App. 1977), affirmed in part, reversed in part on other grounds, 369 So.2d 1251 (Ala. 1978). . . .' " Kuenzel v. State , 577 So.2d 474 , 503 (Ala.Crim.App. 1990) 1995Embrey v. State , 283 Ala. 110 , 118 , 214 So.2d 567 (1968). " 'This line of argument is "within the latitude allowed prosecutors in their exhortations to the jury to discharge their duties in such a manner as, not only to punish crime, but to protect the public from like offenses and as an example to deter others from committing like offenses." Varner v. State , 418 So.2d 961 (Ala.Cr.App. 1982); Cook v. State , 369 So.2d 1243 (Ala.Cr.App. 1977), affirmed in part, reversed in part on other grounds, 369 So.2d 1251 (Ala. 1978). . . .' " Kuenzel v. State , 577 So.2d 474 , 503 (Ala.Crim.App. 1990)	1	1995–1995
Kuenzel v. State green alacrimapp · 1990 1 sentence 1995Embrey v. State , 283 Ala. 110 , 118 , 214 So.2d 567 (1968). " 'This line of argument is "within the latitude allowed prosecutors in their exhortations to the jury to discharge their duties in such a manner as, not only to punish crime, but to protect the public from like offenses and as an example to deter others from committing like offenses." Varner v. State , 418 So.2d 961 (Ala.Cr.App. 1982); Cook v. State , 369 So.2d 1243 (Ala.Cr.App. 1977), affirmed in part, reversed in part on other grounds, 369 So.2d 1251 (Ala. 1978). . . .' " Kuenzel v. State , 577 So.2d 474 , 503 (Ala.Crim.App. 1990)	1	1995–1995
Ex Parte Kuenzel green ala · 1991 1 sentence 1995Embrey v. State , 283 Ala. 110 , 118 , 214 So.2d 567 (1968). " 'This line of argument is "within the latitude allowed prosecutors in their exhortations to the jury to discharge their duties in such a manner as, not only to punish crime, but to protect the public from like offenses and as an example to deter others from committing like offenses." Varner v. State , 418 So.2d 961 (Ala.Cr.App. 1982); Cook v. State , 369 So.2d 1243 (Ala.Cr.App. 1977), affirmed in part, reversed in part on other grounds, 369 So.2d 1251 (Ala. 1978). . . .' " Kuenzel v. State , 577 So.2d 474 , 503 (Ala.Crim.App. 1990)	1	1995–1995
Ex Parte Waldrop green ala · 1984 1 sentence 1995Embrey v. State , 283 Ala. 110 , 118 , 214 So.2d 567 (1968). " 'This line of argument is "within the latitude allowed prosecutors in their exhortations to the jury to discharge their duties in such a manner as, not only to punish crime, but to protect the public from like offenses and as an example to deter others from committing like offenses." Varner v. State , 418 So.2d 961 (Ala.Cr.App. 1982); Cook v. State , 369 So.2d 1243 (Ala.Cr.App. 1977), affirmed in part, reversed in part on other grounds, 369 So.2d 1251 (Ala. 1978). . . .' " Kuenzel v. State , 577 So.2d 474 , 503 (Ala.Crim.App. 1990)	1	1995–1995
Varner v. State green alacrimapp · 1982 1 sentence 1995Embrey v. State , 283 Ala. 110 , 118 , 214 So.2d 567 (1968). " 'This line of argument is "within the latitude allowed prosecutors in their exhortations to the jury to discharge their duties in such a manner as, not only to punish crime, but to protect the public from like offenses and as an example to deter others from committing like offenses." Varner v. State , 418 So.2d 961 (Ala.Cr.App. 1982); Cook v. State , 369 So.2d 1243 (Ala.Cr.App. 1977), affirmed in part, reversed in part on other grounds, 369 So.2d 1251 (Ala. 1978). . . .' " Kuenzel v. State , 577 So.2d 474 , 503 (Ala.Crim.App. 1990)	1	1995–1995
Bradley v. Puckett green scotus · 1991 1 sentence 1995Embrey v. State , 283 Ala. 110 , 118 , 214 So.2d 567 (1968). " 'This line of argument is "within the latitude allowed prosecutors in their exhortations to the jury to discharge their duties in such a manner as, not only to punish crime, but to protect the public from like offenses and as an example to deter others from committing like offenses." Varner v. State , 418 So.2d 961 (Ala.Cr.App. 1982); Cook v. State , 369 So.2d 1243 (Ala.Cr.App. 1977), affirmed in part, reversed in part on other grounds, 369 So.2d 1251 (Ala. 1978). . . .' " Kuenzel v. State , 577 So.2d 474 , 503 (Ala.Crim.App. 1990)	1	1995–1995
Luna v. United States green scotus · 1991 1 sentence 1995Embrey v. State , 283 Ala. 110 , 118 , 214 So.2d 567 (1968). " 'This line of argument is "within the latitude allowed prosecutors in their exhortations to the jury to discharge their duties in such a manner as, not only to punish crime, but to protect the public from like offenses and as an example to deter others from committing like offenses." Varner v. State , 418 So.2d 961 (Ala.Cr.App. 1982); Cook v. State , 369 So.2d 1243 (Ala.Cr.App. 1977), affirmed in part, reversed in part on other grounds, 369 So.2d 1251 (Ala. 1978). . . .' " Kuenzel v. State , 577 So.2d 474 , 503 (Ala.Crim.App. 1990)	1	1995–1995
Ex Parte Taylor green ala · 1979 1 sentence 1995Embrey v. State , 283 Ala. 110 , 118 , 214 So.2d 567 (1968). " 'This line of argument is "within the latitude allowed prosecutors in their exhortations to the jury to discharge their duties in such a manner as, not only to punish crime, but to protect the public from like offenses and as an example to deter others from committing like offenses." Varner v. State , 418 So.2d 961 (Ala.Cr.App. 1982); Cook v. State , 369 So.2d 1243 (Ala.Cr.App. 1977), affirmed in part, reversed in part on other grounds, 369 So.2d 1251 (Ala. 1978). . . .' " Kuenzel v. State , 577 So.2d 474 , 503 (Ala.Crim.App. 1990)	1	1995–1995
Cook v. State green ala · 1979 1 sentence 1995Embrey v. State , 283 Ala. 110 , 118 , 214 So.2d 567 (1968). " 'This line of argument is "within the latitude allowed prosecutors in their exhortations to the jury to discharge their duties in such a manner as, not only to punish crime, but to protect the public from like offenses and as an example to deter others from committing like offenses." Varner v. State , 418 So.2d 961 (Ala.Cr.App. 1982); Cook v. State , 369 So.2d 1243 (Ala.Cr.App. 1977), affirmed in part, reversed in part on other grounds, 369 So.2d 1251 (Ala. 1978). . . .' " Kuenzel v. State , 577 So.2d 474 , 503 (Ala.Crim.App. 1990)	1	1995–1995
Ackermann v. United States green scotus · 1950 2 sentences 1994"Therefore, while the aggravating circumstances must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt at the guilt phase, the jury may return the death penalty if it finds at the penalty phase simply that the aggravating circumstances outweigh the mitigating circumstances." Morrison v. State, 500 So.2d 36, 45 (Ala.Crim.App.1985), aff'd, 500 So.2d 57 (1986), cert. denied, 481 U.S. 1007 , 107 S.Ct. 1634 , 95 L.Ed.2d 207 (1987). 1994"Therefore, while the aggravating circumstances must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt at the guilt phase, the jury may return the death penalty if it finds at the penalty phase simply that the aggravating circumstances outweigh the mitigating circumstances." Morrison v. State , 500 So.2d 36 , 45 (Ala.Crim.App. 1985), aff'd, 500 So.2d 57 (1986), cert. denied, 481 U.S. 1007 , 107 S.Ct. 1634 , 95 L.Ed.2d 207 (1987).	1	1994–1994
Hampton v. Alaska green scotus · 1987 2 sentences 1994"Therefore, while the aggravating circumstances must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt at the guilt phase, the jury may return the death penalty if it finds at the penalty phase simply that the aggravating circumstances outweigh the mitigating circumstances." Morrison v. State, 500 So.2d 36, 45 (Ala.Crim.App.1985), aff'd, 500 So.2d 57 (1986), cert. denied, 481 U.S. 1007 , 107 S.Ct. 1634 , 95 L.Ed.2d 207 (1987). 1994"Therefore, while the aggravating circumstances must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt at the guilt phase, the jury may return the death penalty if it finds at the penalty phase simply that the aggravating circumstances outweigh the mitigating circumstances." Morrison v. State , 500 So.2d 36 , 45 (Ala.Crim.App. 1985), aff'd, 500 So.2d 57 (1986), cert. denied, 481 U.S. 1007 , 107 S.Ct. 1634 , 95 L.Ed.2d 207 (1987).	1	1994–1994
Ex Parte Jesse Lee Morrison green ala · 1986 2 sentences 1994"Therefore, while the aggravating circumstances must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt at the guilt phase, the jury may return the death penalty if it finds at the penalty phase simply that the aggravating circumstances outweigh the mitigating circumstances." Morrison v. State, 500 So.2d 36, 45 (Ala.Crim.App.1985), aff'd, 500 So.2d 57 (1986), cert. denied, 481 U.S. 1007 , 107 S.Ct. 1634 , 95 L.Ed.2d 207 (1987). 1994"Therefore, while the aggravating circumstances must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt at the guilt phase, the jury may return the death penalty if it finds at the penalty phase simply that the aggravating circumstances outweigh the mitigating circumstances." Morrison v. State , 500 So.2d 36 , 45 (Ala.Crim.App. 1985), aff'd, 500 So.2d 57 (1986), cert. denied, 481 U.S. 1007 , 107 S.Ct. 1634 , 95 L.Ed.2d 207 (1987).	1	1994–1994

Statutes the citing opinions construe

AL § Ala. Code § 13A-5-40 (9) AL § Ala. Code § 13A-5-49 (6) AL § Ala. Code § 13A-5-53 (4) AL § Ala. Code § 13A-5-47 (3) AL § Ala. Code § 13A-5-51 (3)

Counted by distinct opinions that both name this issue and are annotated to the section; sections every opinion cites regardless of issue are not filtered here, so read the counts against the total above.

Where else courts name it

NJ 700 (1980–2026) OH 274 (1990–2026) IL 137 (1981–2026) CA 120 (1976–2026) FL 89 (1979–2025) LA 86 (1984–2019) IN 84 (1980–2026) NY 81 (1988–2026) AZ 48 (1978–2026) NC 46 (1981–2026) WA 45 (1984–2026) TN 26 (1993–2018) KS 19 (1993–2021) ME 18 (1994–2026) AK 18 (1982–2025) MD 15 (1983–2024) CO 13 (1990–2012) UT 12 (1994–2020) MS 11 (1993–2023) AL 10 (1994–2016) PA 10 (1998–2024) GA 9 (2014–2025) NV 9 (1990–2019) DE 7 (1985–2023) CT 6 (1994–2025) IA 6 (2010–2023) OR 6 (1992–2022) OK 5 (1994–2017) AR 4 (2009–2025) NH 4 (2010–2015) MT 3 (1993–1996) MN 3 (2007–2014) MI 3 (2000–2009) NE 3 (1993–2023) WY 2 (2003–2017) TX 2 (1996–2020) WI 2 (2020–2026) VT 2 (2019–2022)

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