Flynn v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• reversing conviction where police officer acted akin to a human polygraph with regard to the truthfulness of the defendant’s confession
• “By allowing this testimony to be admitted, the trial court effectively enabled [the police sergeant] to perform the role of a ‘human polygraph.’ This court has consistently noted the inappropriateness of such evidence.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Cordova v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2000-08-21· cited 34×
• Sakeagak v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1998-01-14· cited 22×
• Vent v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 2003-04-11· cited 22×
• State of Maine v. Victoria Scott
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2019-07-09· cited 13×
• Rockwell v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 2008-02-15· cited 10×
• Kim v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 2017-02-24· cited 3×
• Christopher R. Stacy v. State of Alaska
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 2021-11-05· cited 3×
• CARDOVA v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2000-08-21
• Albert Peter Macasaet III v. State of Alaska
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 2025-02-14

Cites

19 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Miranda v. Arizona
  Supreme Court· 1966-06-13· cited 58,288×
• Love v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1969-08-08· cited 340×
• Stephan v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1985-12-06· cited 183×
• Dura Corp. v. Harned
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1985-07-19· cited 99×
• State v. Richey
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1982-12-15· cited 93×
• Rodriquez v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1987-08-07· cited 51×
• Torres v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1974-04-19· cited 46×
• State v. Lauritsen
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 1978-01-25· cited 33×
• Haakanson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1988-08-05· cited 31×
• Johnson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1981-02-19· cited 29×
• State v. Zihlavsky
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 1987-04-01· cited 26×
• Jewell v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1989-07-11· cited 25×
• Thompson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1989-02-03· cited 25×
• Beagel v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1991-06-28· cited 19×
• Commonwealth v. Pittman
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1987-11-03· cited 16×
• Weaver v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1990-08-31· cited 14×
• Shepard v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1993-02-19· cited 13×
• Cox v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1991-01-25· cited 11×
• State v. Thompson
  Court of Appeals of Iowa· 1985-01-29· cited 7×