Johnson v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• holding statements by severely beaten wife, who eventually died from her injuries, identifying husband as assailant did not relate to her diagnosis or treatment
• holding statements by severely beaten wife, who eventually died from her injuries, identifying husband as assailant did not relate to her diagnosis or treatment
• In light of advancement in modern medicine, the former standard is too demanding; the new standard requiring awareness of impending death suffices to create solemnity and to remove the ordinary worldly motives for misstatement.

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

14 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Young
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1980-12-19· cited 33×
• Williams v. Utility Equipment, Inc.
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1992-08-14· cited 17×
• Kelly v. State
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 1985-01-31· cited 12×
• Garza v. Delta Tau Delta Fraternity Nat.
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 2006-07-10· cited 11×
• Borchgrevink v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 2010-09-17· cited 10×
• Clark v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 2009-01-16· cited 9×
• Bell v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1986-04-11· cited 8×
• State v. Quintana
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1982-04-29· cited 5×
• Luch v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 2018-01-19· cited 3×
• In the Matter of the Guard. of B.J.W.
  Court of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma· 1998-11-06· cited 1×
• State of Iowa v. Trent D. Smith
  Court of Appeals of Iowa· 2014-11-13
• State of Iowa v. Trent D. Smith
  Court of Appeals of Iowa· 2014-12-24
• State v. Kanem Williamson (083979) (Essex County & Statewide)
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 2021-05-10
• Johnson v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1980-04-18

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Shepard v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1933-11-06· cited 477×
• Love v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1969-08-08· cited 340×
• Carver v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1897-01-04· cited 83×
• People v. Gant
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1974-09-27· cited 75×
• Connor v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1961-06-13· cited 62×
• Beech Aircraft Corp. v. Harvey
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1976-11-26· cited 36×
• Cestero v. Ferrara
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1970-04-29· cited 25×
• Hewitt v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1973-09-12· cited 5×