Pittman v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• burglary victim died from pulmonary embolism resulting from victim’s obesity and post-operative immobility following laparotomy to determine severity of stab wound incurred in burglary
• even though victim ultimately died from pulmonary embolism, Pittman was still guilty of murder because he inflicted a stab wound that contributed to the blood clots that eventually killed the victim

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

15 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Jenkins v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2000-04-03· cited 241×
• Wooley v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1999-09-29· cited 145×
• Reaves v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1992-02-17· cited 116×
• Palmer v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1999-01-07· cited 70×
• Kennedy v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1991-09-19· cited 56×
• Deante Dalton v. State of Indiana
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2016-06-29· cited 23×
• Brady v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1989-06-21· cited 22×
• Coleman v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1998-12-29· cited 21×
• Duncan v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2006-11-21· cited 19×
• Bei Bei Shuai v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2012-02-08· cited 19×
• Spencer v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1996-01-18· cited 10×
• Bishop v. Kelso
  Eleventh Circuit· 1990-10-15· cited 8×
• Emery v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1998-06-25· cited 3×
• Jesse Palmer v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1998-01-07
• Bei Bei Shuai v. State of Indiana
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2012-02-08

Cites

13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Strickland v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 123,578×
• Rock v. Arkansas
  Supreme Court· 1987-06-22· cited 2,329×
• Bose Corp. v. Consumers Union of United States, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 813×
• Bruce v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1978-04-19· cited 200×
• Nicholas v. Tennessee Department of Employment Security
  Supreme Court· 1978-11-27· cited 96×
• Patterson v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1986-07-25· cited 43×
• Minneman v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1982-11-12· cited 39×
• Myers v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1987-08-03· cited 37×
• Clarkson v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1985-12-17· cited 26×
• Sims v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1984-07-26· cited 21×
• Thomas v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1984-02-09· cited 12×
• Hinkle v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1984-12-17· cited 11×
• Swafford v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1986-10-21· cited 2×