Atkins v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• “[W]e do not hold that an investigative or scientific techniques instruction would be improper under different circumstances!
• \Your responsibility as jurors is to determine whether the State has proven based upon the evidence the defendant's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.\
• “[T]he high and authoritative position of the trial judge necessitates that the judge be more vigilant and careful in refraining from commenting on inferences to be drawn by the jury.”
• the missing knife that was used was critically important to the case

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Stabb v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2011-11-22· cited 50×
• State of Tennessee v. Michael Farmer and Anthony Clark
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2012-08-22· cited 44×
• State v. Stringfellow
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2012-04-23· cited 25×
• State v. Gomes
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2021-01-26· cited 23×
• Appraicio v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2013-03-26· cited 18×
• Howling v. State Abongnelah v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2022-04-28· cited 15×
• Hall v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2014-03-25· cited 13×
• Robinson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2014-01-27· cited 13×
• Taylor v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2021-04-23· cited 13×
• Carrero-Vasquez v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2013-03-21· cited 11×
• Rainey v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2022-08-11· cited 10×
• Allen v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2012-04-27· cited 5×
• Samba v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2012-06-28· cited 5×
• Bircher v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2015-02-02· cited 4×
• Dashiell v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2013-11-04· cited 4×
• State v. Elzey
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2021-01-29· cited 3×
• State v. Gomes
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2019-09-24· cited 2×
• McGhee v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2022-10-24· cited 1×
• State of Tennessee v. Michael Farmer and Anthony Clark - Concur
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2012-08-22
• State v. Wright
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2014-08-19

Cites

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

• United States v. Fields
  Fifth Circuit· 2007-04-02· cited 339×
• Commonwealth v. Bowden
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-01-09· cited 300×
• State v. Evans
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1976-07-15· cited 210×
• Goff v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2009-05-28· cited 189×
• State v. Hutchinson
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1980-02-25· cited 131×
• Davis v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1993-12-09· cited 107×
• Ware v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1997-11-18· cited 104×
• Dempsey v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1976-03-03· cited 103×
• Grandison v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1995-12-27· cited 97×
• United States v. James Louis Nazzaro
  Second Circuit· 1973-01-11· cited 78×
• Gunning v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1997-10-14· cited 76×
• United States v. Jose Delacruz Sanchez Solis
  Second Circuit· 1989-08-15· cited 71×
• Gore v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1987-04-01· cited 66×
• Wheeler v. United States
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2007-08-16· cited 65×
• Stokes v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2004-02-18· cited 64×
• State v. Collins
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2011-01-05· cited 62×
• Patterson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1999-12-09· cited 60×
• United States v. Cheung Kin Ping and Lai Mong Wah
  Second Circuit· 1977-04-22· cited 54×
• Eley v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1980-09-16· cited 53×
• Thompson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2006-06-20· cited 52×