Preston v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• upholding a trial judge’s refusal to grant a mistrial after the defendant’s status as a probationer was inadvertently mentioned
• burglary not in a dwelling; defendant second felony offender, no weapon or force in entry, good employment, held five years excessive, on remand, sentence not to exceed three years
• “The grand jury functions as a ‘shield’ as well as a ‘sword’ of justice, and ‘should operate to control abuses by the government and protect the interests of the accused.’” (quoting United States v. Cox, 342 F.2d 167, 186 n.1 (5th Cir. 1965) (Wisdom, J., concurring

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• State Ex Rel. Fletcher v. District Court of Nineteenth Judicial District
  Montana Supreme Court· 1993-08-26· cited 58×
• State v. Raul Sanchez
  Montana Supreme Court· 2008-01-31· cited 48×
• Dyer v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1983-07-01· cited 33×
• Abruska v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1985-08-30· cited 30×
• Stumpf v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1988-01-22· cited 29×
• Iyapana v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 2012-09-14· cited 28×
• Bostic v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1991-01-25· cited 27×
• Sheldon v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1990-07-27· cited 25×
• Gaona v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1981-07-09· cited 23×
• Doisher v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1981-07-09· cited 22×
• State v. Bumpus
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1991-11-08· cited 21×
• Cameron v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2007-11-30· cited 19×
• Hines v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1985-08-02· cited 18×
• Bostic v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1989-04-21· cited 18×
• Cathey v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 2002-12-13· cited 14×
• Allen v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 2002-10-11· cited 14×
• Mustafoski v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1998-02-27· cited 12×
• Arnold v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1988-02-11· cited 11×
• Kailukiak v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1998-05-08· cited 10×
• Wood v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1986-01-17· cited 10×

Cites

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

• Cassell v. Texas
  Supreme Court· 1950-04-24· cited 516×
• Randall v. Commissioner
  Supreme Court· 1965-06-01· cited 241×
• Coleman v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1976-07-14· cited 170×
• Johnson v. Superior Court
  California Supreme Court· 1975-09-19· cited 147×
• Ladd v. Alaska
  Supreme Court· 1978-03-20· cited 136×
• Frink v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1979-06-29· cited 121×
• McKinnon v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1974-08-30· cited 86×
• Taggard v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1972-08-11· cited 63×
• Ladd v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1977-09-02· cited 59×
• Merrill v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1967-02-14· cited 51×
• State v. Gieffels
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1976-08-27· cited 43×
• State v. Parks
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1968-02-21· cited 42×
• Galauska v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1974-10-25· cited 41×
• State v. Johnson
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1974-08-16· cited 31×
• Bell v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1979-07-27· cited 27×
• Adams v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1979-08-09· cited 27×
• Gieffels v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1979-02-02· cited 26×
• Webb v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1974-10-14· cited 20×
• Burkholder v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1971-11-30· cited 19×
• Campbell v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1979-04-27· cited 18×