McLean v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• reviewing a trial court’s conclusion as to the indicia of reliability of hearsay evidence and the admission of that same evidence under an “abuse of discretion” standard
• “The right of confrontation is not absolute, however. It is subject to the trial court's discretion regarding scope. D.R.E. 611. Specifically, cross-examination should be limited to matters raised in direct examination and those affecting the credibility of the witness. D.R.E. 611(b).”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Hammond v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1989-12-28· cited 91×
• State v. Hensel
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1987-04-14· cited 31×
• Judd v. State, Dept. of Transp. and Development
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1995-11-27· cited 30×
• State v. Roybal
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1988-04-28· cited 27×
• Commonwealth v. Kravontka
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-05-01· cited 25×
• Baber v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2000-08-31· cited 20×
• Hamann v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1989-10-12· cited 9×
• State v. Flynn
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1985-06-21· cited 6×
• Paramount Global v. State of Rhode Island Office of the General Treasurer, on Behalf of the Employees' Retirement System of Rhode Island
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2026-03-25

Cites

11 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×
• United States v. Edward Eugene Penn
  Eleventh Circuit· 1983-12-19· cited 87×
• Joseph E. Thomas v. Ruth A. Martin Hogan
  Fourth Circuit· 1962-09-12· cited 83×
• State v. Cosgrove
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1980-07-29· cited 56×
• William Everett Reed v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of Corrections
  Fifth Circuit· 1965-05-11· cited 43×
• State v. Martorelli
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1975-10-17· cited 42×
• Thomas Edward Hanley v. United States
  Fifth Circuit· 1969-10-28· cited 26×
• Henson v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1975-01-27· cited 26×
• Ward v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1978-11-06· cited 4×