Allen v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• emphasizing that the “legislature has specifically provided a judicial safeguard against abuse of character evidence”
• noting that Rule 405(a) allows proof of a person’s character for violence admissible under Rule 404(a)(2) to be established through reputation and opinion evidence
• allowing inquiry into “relevant specific instances of conduct” on cross- examination only

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

20 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Barnes
  Ohio Supreme Court· 2002-01-09· cited 2,256×
• State v. Coon
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1999-03-05· cited 132×
• Commonwealth v. Adjutant
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2005-03-14· cited 78×
• State v. Gagnon
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 1999-01-27· cited 21×
• Wardlow v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 2000-06-02· cited 16×
• Heaps v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 2001-08-17· cited 15×
• State v. Sharrow
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2008-03-07· cited 13×
• McGill v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 2001-02-09· cited 13×
• In Re Estate of Blodgett
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2006-11-17· cited 12×
• Commonwealth v. Morales
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2013-02-07· cited 11×
• Allen v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 2007-03-16· cited 8×
• Stoneking v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 2002-01-11· cited 4×
• Marquinn Jones-Nelson v. State of Alaska
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 2019-07-19· cited 3×
• Johnson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 2012-01-20· cited 3×
• Sawyer v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 2010-01-07· cited 2×
• Charlie Willie Steven v. State of Alaska
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 2023-11-09· cited 1×
• Estate of Hartleib
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 1999-01-27
• Kowalski v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 2018-06-22
• Robert Thomas Shedlosky v. State of Alaska, Robert Thomas Shedlosky v. State of Alaska
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 2020-08-14
• Kenneth Harold Komakhuk Jr. v. State of Alaska
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 2020-01-31

Cites

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

• Landgraf v. USI Film Products
  Supreme Court· 1994-04-26· cited 4,825×
• Weaver v. Graham
  Supreme Court· 1981-02-24· cited 2,482×
• Bradley v. School Bd. of Richmond
  Supreme Court· 1974-05-15· cited 1,967×
• Collins v. Youngblood
  Supreme Court· 1990-06-21· cited 1,864×
• Michelson v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1949-02-14· cited 1,808×
• Dowling v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1990-01-17· cited 1,616×
• Miller v. Florida
  Supreme Court· 1987-06-09· cited 1,316×
• California Department of Corrections v. Morales
  Supreme Court· 1995-04-25· cited 1,142×
• Lindsey v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1937-05-17· cited 556×
• Love v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1969-08-08· cited 340×
• Thompson v. Missouri
  Supreme Court· 1898-05-31· cited 249×
• United States v. Armand Gravely
  Fourth Circuit· 1988-02-29· cited 124×
• United States v. Ronald Keiser, Jr.
  Ninth Circuit· 1995-06-16· cited 92×
• State v. Buchanan
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1988-11-23· cited 79×
• United States v. Lloyd Ray Piche, United States of America v. Lloyd Ray Piche
  Fourth Circuit· 1992-11-25· cited 73×
• Perrin v. Anderson
  Tenth Circuit· 1986-02-27· cited 69×
• United States v. Fernando Talamante
  Tenth Circuit· 1992-12-16· cited 60×
• Pedersen v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1966-11-18· cited 53×
• Keith v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1980-05-30· cited 52×
• State v. McCarter
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1980-01-09· cited 52×