Jackson v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing that \victim\ may be appropriate when there is no doubt that a crime was committed and identity was at issue
• explaining that “the term ‘victim,’ to law enforcement officers, is a term of art synonymous with ‘complaining witness’”
• explaining that the use of \victim\ to law enforcement officers \is a term of are akin to \complaining witnese
• noting that “the word ‘victim’ should not be used in a case where the commission of a crime is in dispute”
• stating that the prosecutor should not use the term “victim” in a case in which there is a dispute about whether a crime occurred
• noting that “[t]he term ‘victim’ is used appropriately during trial when there is no doubt that a crime was committed and simply the identity of the perpetrator is in issue”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

37 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• People v. Dinapoli
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2015-02-12· cited 258×
• State of Iowa v. Kelvin Plain Sr.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2017-06-30· cited 249×
• Burns v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2013-09-25· cited 36×
• People v. Horton
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2020-03-05· cited 33×
• Ridling v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2005-01-27· cited 31×
• Allen v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1994-04-26· cited 27×
• Jackson v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1995-03-01· cited 24×
• State v. Wigg
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2005-07-29· cited 24×
• State v. Albino
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2011-08-23· cited 24×
• State v. Sims
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2023-04-03· cited 23×
• State v. Mundon.
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 2012-12-05· cited 22×
• Fritzinger v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2010-12-13· cited 16×
• Johnson v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2001-10-23· cited 14×
• State v. Devey
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 2006-05-25· cited 9×
• State v. Juarez
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 2021-05-20· cited 9×
• State v. Washington
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2023-05-18· cited 9×
• State v. Radue
  Idaho Supreme Court· 2025-03-04· cited 6×
• Pierce v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2009-01-16· cited 5×
• Banks v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2014-05-22· cited 2×
• State of Maine v. Ethan C. Gervais
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2025-03-18· cited 2×

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Wainwright v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1986-02-21· cited 430×
• Probst v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1988-08-10· cited 97×
• Deputy v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1985-07-31· cited 73×
• Commonwealth v. Johnson
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-12-02· cited 53×
• Michael v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1987-07-10· cited 45×
• Jenkins v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1973-03-02· cited 38×
• Davis v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1982-12-08· cited 24×