Evans 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 Delaware “[c]ourt[s] appl[y] settled principles of statutory interpretation, giving effect to the plain language of an unambiguous statute, and applying the literal meaning of the statute’s words.” (citing Arnold v. State, 49 A.3d 1180, 1183 (Del. 2012)
• Court is not free to interpret or add to statutes to obtain what a party claims “would be a more ‘workable’ result or sound public policy.”
• Court is not free to interpret or add to statutes to obtain what a party claims “would be a more ‘workable’ result or sound public policy.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Thomas
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2019-10-31
• State v. Thomas
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2019-11-04
• State v. Daniels
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2019-12-16
• State v. Wang
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2020-04-15
• Guy c. City of Wilmington
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2020-05-15
• Wirth v. Top Bail Surety, Inc.
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2021-04-14
• State v. Palmer
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2022-11-03
• Vanella v. Duran
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2024-12-23
• Masimo Corporation v. Joe E. Kiani
  Court of Chancery of Delaware· 2026-04-21

Cites

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

• Jama v. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  Supreme Court· 2005-01-12· cited 589×
• Levitt v. Bouvier
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1972-01-04· cited 265×
• Coastal Barge Corp. v. Coastal Zone Industrial Control Board
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1985-04-22· cited 134×
• Giuricich v. Emtrol Corp.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1982-07-30· cited 110×
• State v. Smith
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1984-08-07· cited 79×
• In Re the Adoption of Swanson
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1993-04-27· cited 72×
• Taylor v. Diamond State Port Corp.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2011-02-16· cited 65×
• Doroshow, Pasquale, Krawitz & Bhaya v. Nanticoke Memorial Hospital, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2012-01-23· cited 56×
• Downs v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1990-01-11· cited 55×
• Weddington v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1988-07-07· cited 54×
• Sheehan v. Oblates of St. Francis de Sales
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2011-02-22· cited 53×
• Lewis v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2005-09-29· cited 46×
• State v. Cephas
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1994-01-20· cited 44×
• Hoover v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2008-10-06· cited 41×
• Freeman v. X-Ray Associates, P.A.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2010-07-08· cited 40×
• Baker v. Connell
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1985-02-22· cited 39×
• Stafford v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2012-12-04· cited 36×
• Ingram v. Thorpe
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2000-03-07· cited 35×
• Turner v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2008-09-10· cited 33×
• Seth v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1991-05-30· cited 27×