Collins v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• finding no coercion where case was complex and jury deliberated for approximately two hours after issuance of an Allen charge
• discussing Allen v. U.S., 164 U.S. 492, 17 S. Ct. 154 (1896) and its progeny
• discussing Allen v. U.S., 164 U.S. 492, 17 S. Ct. 154 (1896) and its progeny
• reviewing challenges to an Allen charge that were not raised at trial for plain error
• “The potential coercive effect of an Allen charge ‘can be eliminated by having the charge include an admonition that each individual juror not surrender his or her honest convictions and not return any verdict contrary to the dictates of personal conscience.’”
• “The potential coercive effect of an Allen charge ‘can be eliminated by having the charge include an admonition that each individual juror not surrender his or her honest convictions and not return any verdict contrary to the dictates of personal conscience.’”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

13 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Starling v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2015-12-14· cited 62×
• Hamilton v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2013-12-09· cited 13×
• State v. Cabrera, Jr.
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2015-06-17
• State of Delaware v. Cabrera.
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2015-06-17
• Collins v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2016-05-02
• State v. Lum
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2016-06-29
• State v. Lum
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2019-11-13
• McMullen v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2021-05-24
• State v. Ward
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2022-02-23
• Blackwood v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2023-10-11
• State v. Smith
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2024-04-19
• Burton v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2024-11-04
• Berry v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2025-09-15

Cites

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

• Wainwright v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1986-02-21· cited 430×
• United States v. Anthony C. Thomas
  D.C. Circuit· 1971-09-14· cited 177×
• Desmond v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1994-11-14· cited 144×
• United States v. Harold Silvern
  Seventh Circuit· 1973-08-07· cited 128×
• United States v. Troy Dennis Cropp, United States of America v. Clyde Garcia Cropp, United States of America v. Monte Clay Mosley
  Fourth Circuit· 1997-10-10· cited 125×
• United States v. Clyde Smith
  Eighth Circuit· 1980-12-23· cited 74×
• Keys v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1975-03-14· cited 71×
• Seward v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1999-01-22· cited 66×
• R.B. Williams v. Al C. Parke, Warden
  Sixth Circuit· 1984-08-16· cited 63×
• Turner v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2010-10-11· cited 51×
• United States v. Hernandez-Albino
  First Circuit· 1999-05-26· cited 47×
• Ray v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1991-02-21· cited 45×
• Pope v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1993-10-20· cited 44×
• Martin v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1981-07-14· cited 40×
• Culp v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2001-02-21· cited 33×
• Unnamed case
  Third Circuit· 2000-10-13· cited 28×
• Johnson v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1975-04-29· cited 28×
• Manna v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2008-02-29· cited 25×
• Boatson v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1983-02-07· cited 23×
• Woodlin v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2010-07-22· cited 22×