Byrd v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that hearsay evidence that is not objected to is admissible
• other acts of victim admitted to establish victim was aggressor in homicide case where accused claims self-defense
• other acts of victim admitted to establish victim was aggressor in homicide case where accused claims self-defense
• “We have held that hearsay evidence is admissible if the opposing party does not object to it.”
• exclusion of victim’s prior assault conviction harmless when victim’s status as initial aggressor was undisputed and accused’s unawareness of pri- or conviction precluded any possibility that it enhanced accused’s fear
• same rule applied in homicide case

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

10 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Cassell v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1982-05-28· cited 28×
• State v. Leone
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1990-10-05· cited 28×
• State v. Woodson
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1989-06-08· cited 24×
• Xi Van Ha v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1995-03-31· cited 17×
• Rusenstrom v. Rusenstrom
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1999-06-04· cited 14×
• Arnold v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1988-02-11· cited 11×
• Douglas v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 2007-08-31· cited 8×
• State v. DeLeon.
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 2018-09-07· cited 7×
• Gottschalk v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1994-10-07· cited 6×
• Shooshanian v. Dire
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2010-08-13· cited 1×

Cites

6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• City of Nome v. Ailak
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1977-09-23· cited 71×
• Sloan v. Atlantic Richfield Company
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1975-10-15· cited 56×
• Pedersen v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1966-11-18· cited 53×
• Rutherford v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1979-12-28· cited 51×
• City of Anchorage v. Nesbett
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1975-01-24· cited 31×
• Eben v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1979-09-07· cited 30×