McGriff 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 application of the “tender years” statute, 11 Del.C. § 3513, did not violate either the U.S. or Delaware constitutions
• recognizing “[the Sixth Amendment] has been interpreted to express a preference for the in-court testimony of witnesses”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

14 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Reyes v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2003-03-25· cited 31×
• Hall v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2001-12-26· cited 28×
• Smith v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 12th Dist. (Tyler)· 2002-09-18· cited 18×
• Ayers v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2014-07-21· cited 18×
• Edwards v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2007-04-17· cited 15×
• Steele v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2004-05-28· cited 5×
• ARCHY v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2009-07-06· cited 4×
• Page v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2010-05-11· cited 2×
• Dabney v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2010-03-01· cited 2×
• McGriff v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2007-05-18· cited 2×
• Tirey Glen Smith v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 12th Dist. (Tyler)· 2002-04-03
• State v. Roberson
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2024-01-25
• Boykin v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2025-12-17
• Roberson v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2026-04-09

Cites

20 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Ohio v. Roberts
  Supreme Court· 1980-06-25· cited 5,425×
• Pointer v. Texas
  Supreme Court· 1965-04-05· cited 4,761×
• California v. Green
  Supreme Court· 1970-06-23· cited 3,363×
• Idaho v. Wright
  Supreme Court· 1990-06-27· cited 2,081×
• Maryland v. Craig
  Supreme Court· 1990-06-27· cited 2,040×
• White v. Illinois
  Supreme Court· 1992-01-15· cited 1,508×
• Coy v. Iowa
  Supreme Court· 1988-06-29· cited 1,295×
• Lilly v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1999-06-14· cited 1,183×
• United States v. Inadi
  Supreme Court· 1986-03-10· cited 682×
• Capano v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2001-08-10· cited 115×
• Wheat v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1987-06-11· cited 87×
• State v. Sheppard
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1984-08-29· cited 68×
• State v. Apilando
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1995-08-31· cited 56×
• Commonwealth v. Ludwig
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-05-10· cited 56×
• Pierce v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1997-02-28· cited 43×
• Gannon v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1998-01-07· cited 25×
• Forrest v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1999-01-06· cited 23×
• Feleke v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1993-02-05· cited 19×
• Thomas v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1999-02-26· cited 13×
• McGriff v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1996-02-23· cited 9×