Parker v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that a photo and profile name appearing on the printout of a Facebook page “are certainly factors that [a] trial court may consider” in its authentication analysis
• noting that a photo and profile name appearing on the printout of 17 a Facebook page “are certainly factors that [a] trial court may consider” in its 18 authentication analysis
• acknowledging that “Delaware follows the ‘distinguishing characteristics’ rationale,” and “noting that Delaware courts have authenticated handwritten letters from inside prison based on the nicknames of the parties involved and references to the crimes”
• explaining that authenticity standard presents “preliminary question for the trial judge to decide” and “[i]f the [j]udge answers that question in the affirmative, the jury will then decide whether to accept or reject the evidence”
• declining to require expert testimony to authenticate social media evidence and leaving the weight of such evidence to the fact-finder
• analyzing state evidentiary rules and concluding that ‘“[although we are mindful of the concern that social media evidence could be falsified, the existing [rules] provide an appropriate framework for determining admissibility.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• United States v. Tony Browne
  Third Circuit· 2016-08-25· cited 65×
• Taylor Dwayne Dering v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 11th Dist. (Eastland)· 2015-03-26· cited 48×
• State of New Jersey v. Terri Hannah
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 2016-12-20· cited 40×
• Commonwealth v. Meola
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2019-05-22· cited 34×
• Kinda v. Carpenter
  California Court of Appeal· 2016-06-06· cited 33×
• Sublet, Harris & Monge-Martinez v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2015-04-23· cited 30×
• State v. Jesenya O.
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 2022-06-16· cited 17×
• State v. Inkton
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2016-02-25· cited 16×
• State v. Green
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2019-06-26· cited 16×
• State v. Stapleton
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2020-09-10· cited 14×
• State of Vermont v. Christina Marie Allcock
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2020-07-10· cited 2×
• Timothy W. Miller v. Angela L. Carroll
  Wisconsin Supreme Court· 2020-06-16· cited 1×
• Restrepo-Duque v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2015-12-17
• Mills v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2016-01-08
• Mills v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2016-01-19
• Michael Cadiz v. Ruffino Perez
  Delaware Court of Common Pleas· 2017-01-30
• Malik J. Moss v. State of Delaware
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2017-06-28
• State of Delaware v. Justin Hayes
  Delaware Court of Common Pleas· 2017-07-25
• State of Delaware v. Justin Hayes
  Delaware Court of Common Pleas· 2017-08-24
• Schaffer v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2018-04-10

Cites

15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Tienda, Ronnie Jr.
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2012-02-08· cited 325×
• Lorraine v. Markel American Insurance
  D. Maryland· 2007-05-04· cited 113×
• Lilly v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1994-11-28· cited 72×
• People v. Valdez
  California Court of Appeal· 2011-12-16· cited 67×
• People v. Beckley
  California Court of Appeal· 2010-06-24· cited 48×
• Commonwealth v. Williams
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2010-05-21· cited 48×
• Pope v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1993-10-20· cited 44×
• Griffin v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2011-04-28· cited 44×
• St. Clair v. Johnny's Oyster & Shrimp, Inc.
  S.D. Texas· 1999-12-17· cited 35×
• Culp v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2001-02-21· cited 33×
• State v. Eleck
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2011-08-09· cited 33×
• Manna v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2008-02-29· cited 25×
• People v. Clevenstine
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2009-12-24· cited 19×
• Griffin v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2010-05-27· cited 6×
• Smith v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2006-06-29· cited 4×