Potts v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• “A plain error is one that is (1) so obvious that it must have been apparent to a competent judge and a competent lawyer even without an objection and (2) so substantially prejudicial that failing to correct it on appeal would perpetuate a miscarriage of justice.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Raphael v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2000-01-07· cited 35×
• Nitz v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1986-06-06· cited 34×
• Drumbarger v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1986-03-21· cited 29×
• Henry v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1993-10-22· cited 28×
• Barrett v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1989-04-14· cited 26×
• Simon v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 2005-10-07· cited 26×
• Massey v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1989-03-17· cited 25×
• Thompson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1989-02-03· cited 25×
• Vent v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 2003-04-11· cited 22×
• Hansen v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1993-01-22· cited 17×
• Russell v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1997-03-28· cited 17×
• Pletnikoff v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1986-05-30· cited 16×
• Lewis v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1993-11-12· cited 15×
• Sharp v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1992-07-17· cited 15×
• S.R.D. v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1991-11-15· cited 15×
• Patterson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1987-12-11· cited 14×
• Hurd v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 2005-02-11· cited 14×
• Anderson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 2012-11-23· cited 13×
• Clark v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1998-01-30· cited 11×
• Kailukiak v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1998-05-08· cited 10×

Cites

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

• United States v. Young
  Supreme Court· 1985-02-20· cited 4,689×
• Berger v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1935-04-15· cited 4,581×
• Sandstrom v. Montana
  Supreme Court· 1979-06-18· cited 3,585×
• Lawn v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1958-03-03· cited 769×
• Connecticut v. Johnson
  Supreme Court· 1983-02-23· cited 606×
• State v. Petrich
  Washington Supreme Court· 1984-05-17· cited 556×
• United States v. Antonelli Fireworks Co.
  Second Circuit· 1946-05-02· cited 191×
• People v. Bain
  California Supreme Court· 1971-10-18· cited 150×
• Dorman v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1981-01-23· cited 135×
• Covington v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1985-07-26· cited 96×
• Neitzel v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1982-11-19· cited 87×
• Hawthorne v. United States
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1984-04-19· cited 85×
• Kimoktoak v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1978-09-01· cited 81×
• Elson v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1983-02-18· cited 75×
• State v. James
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1985-04-19· cited 69×
• United States v. Carl O. Ludwig
  Tenth Circuit· 1974-12-27· cited 64×
• Williams v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1981-05-29· cited 64×
• Barry v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1984-02-03· cited 60×
• Thomas v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1974-05-13· cited 56×
• Peterson v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1977-04-20· cited 55×