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 that trial court erred in excluding evidence that victim had exchanged sex for drugs within a week of the alleged rape because it was central to defendant's defense, highly probative to prove that defense, and unlikely to be misused by the jury
• holding that trial court erred in excluding evidence that victim had exchanged sex for drugs within a week of the alleged rape because it was central to defendant’s defense, highly probative to prove that defense, and unlikely to be misused by the jury
• describing the responsibility for balancing as “entrusted in the first instance to the trial court” and suggesting the importance of showing “special relevance,” considering necessity and potential for prejudice
• listing examples of such cases, including Giles v. State, 229 Md. 370, 379-80 (1962), vacated and remanded on other grounds, 386 U.S. 66 (1967), and Humphries v. State, 227 Md. 115, 121 (1961)
• “Evidence is relevant (and/or material) when it has a tendency to prove a proposition at issue in the case”
• “Evidence is relevant (and/or material) when it has a tendency to prove a proposition at issue in the case”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• State v. Gregory
  Washington Supreme Court· 2006-11-30· cited 392×
• Grandison v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1995-12-27· cited 97×
• Ayers v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1994-07-21· cited 72×
• Snyder v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2000-11-16· cited 56×
• State v. Johnson
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1997-08-01· cited 50×
• State v. Crims
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 1995-11-28· cited 48×
• Ebb v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1996-02-14· cited 48×
• Gutierrez v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2011-11-29· cited 25×
• Rosenberg v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1999-12-03· cited 25×
• Thomas v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2002-03-01· cited 22×
• Consolidated Waste Industries, Inc. v. Standard Equipment Co.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2011-08-15· cited 22×
• Hagins v. United States
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1994-03-31· cited 16×
• McNeil v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1996-12-03· cited 15×
• Shand v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1996-03-07· cited 15×
• State v. Memoli
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2011-02-10· cited 13×
• Parker v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2004-04-08· cited 13×
• Low v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1998-01-29· cited 12×
• Shand v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1995-02-13· cited 9×
• State v. Johnson
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1995-10-04· cited 6×
• Bryant v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2005-06-01· cited 5×

Cites

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

• Delaware v. Van Arsdall
  Supreme Court· 1986-04-07· cited 7,102×
• Davis v. Alaska
  Supreme Court· 1974-02-27· cited 5,953×
• Huddleston v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1988-05-02· cited 2,215×
• Dorsey v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1976-01-09· cited 660×
• Giles v. Maryland
  Supreme Court· 1967-02-20· cited 607×
• Ross v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1976-01-12· cited 201×
• State v. Pulizzano
  Wisconsin Supreme Court· 1990-06-12· cited 196×
• Commonwealth v. Joyce
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1981-01-06· cited 136×
• State v. Howard
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1981-02-23· cited 119×
• Thomas v. Maryland
  Supreme Court· 1985-03-25· cited 119×
• Bryant v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1991-10-01· cited 114×
• Thomas v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1984-10-31· cited 113×
• Prout v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1988-01-07· cited 105×
• Commonwealth v. Black
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-01-11· cited 102×
• State Ex Rel. Pope v. Superior Court
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1976-02-02· cited 90×
• Harris v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1991-11-01· cited 82×
• Harrison v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1975-10-07· cited 80×
• Goodson v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1990-07-11· cited 74×
• State v. Jalo
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 1976-12-27· cited 72×
• Smallwood v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1990-08-06· cited 72×