Ferguson v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• stating “the violent nature of the felony was not an essential element that the prosecution had to prove to the jury; it merely had to be demonstrated to the judge”
• “[T]he State has discretion to introduce any relevant evidence to prove its case as conclusively as it can.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

14 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Murray
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 2007-10-29· cited 57×
• Saul v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2006-01-26· cited 20×
• Anderson v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2009-01-22· cited 17×
• State v. Roman
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 2015-07-30· cited 11×
• Diemer v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2006-01-26· cited 8×
• Jermaine Lawson v. State of Arkansas
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2024-10-03· cited 8×
• Michael Collins v. State of Arkansas
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2020-11-12· cited 7×
• State v. Creech
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2014-09-09· cited 6×
• Death & Permanent Total Disability Trust Fund v. Legacy Insurance Services
  Court of Appeals of Arkansas· 2006-05-10· cited 5×
• Jason Ray v. State of Arkansas
  Court of Appeals of Arkansas· 2023-11-08· cited 4×
• Austin v. State
  Court of Appeals of Arkansas· 2007-04-25· cited 2×
• Jermaine Lawson v. State of Arkansas
  Court of Appeals of Arkansas· 2024-02-14· cited 2×
• Tolookqaqsiiq Hank v. State of Alaska
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 2024-06-07· cited 2×
• City of Centerton v. City of Bentonville
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2009-01-30· cited 1×

Cites

19 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Old Chief v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1997-01-07· cited 2,913×
• State v. James
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2002-07-12· cited 267×
• People v. Walker
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2004-06-04· cited 137×
• Brown v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1998-10-15· cited 100×
• State v. Alexander
  Wisconsin Supreme Court· 1997-12-18· cited 90×
• State v. Lee
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1999-03-05· cited 67×
• Williams v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1986-06-26· cited 46×
• Jones v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2002-06-20· cited 46×
• State v. McWilliams
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1986-12-19· cited 44×
• Combs v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1980-09-29· cited 34×
• Carter v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2003-05-14· cited 34×
• Bledsoe v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2001-03-08· cited 31×
• State v. Wingard
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1994-09-19· cited 26×
• People v. Backus
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1998-04-22· cited 25×
• State v. Litton
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 2004-10-05· cited 18×
• People v. Zichko
  California Court of Appeal· 2004-05-20· cited 18×
• Kelly v. State
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1981-10-06· cited 10×
• Benson v. State
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 1982-02-05· cited 9×
• Dinwiddie v. Syler
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1959-04-20· cited 7×