Ross v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a prosecutorial statement that a defense witness is a liar is not proper argument
• holding that a prosecutorial statement that a defense witness is a liar is not a proper argument
• holding that a prosecutorial statement that a defense witness is a liar is not a proper argument
• stating that it is improper argument to characterize a witness as a liar
• “A prosecutor may demonstrate to a jury through inferences from the record that a defense witness’s testimony is palpably untrue.”
• although demonstrating bias on the part of the witness is permissible, stating that the witness is lying is not

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• State v. Mainaaupo
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 2008-03-05· cited 220×
• State v. Cobb
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1999-12-07· cited 167×
• State v. Malave
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1999-09-21· cited 89×
• State v. Taylor
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1996-12-31· cited 88×
• Leonard v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1998-12-09· cited 80×
• Greene v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1997-01-04· cited 71×
• Lisle v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1997-06-17· cited 64×
• Rowland v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2002-01-24· cited 60×
• Steese v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1998-05-19· cited 59×
• Sonner v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1996-12-20· cited 58×
• Flanagan v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1996-12-20· cited 44×
• Jones v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1997-04-24· cited 39×
• Pascua v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2006-11-09· cited 36×
• Sherman v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1998-10-27· cited 30×
• Whitney v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1996-04-30· cited 29×
• Earl v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1995-11-01· cited 25×
• Rice v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1997-11-20· cited 23×
• State v. Napulou
  Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals· 1997-04-09· cited 23×
• Atkins v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1996-08-28· cited 22×
• Williams v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1997-08-28· cited 18×

Cites

17 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• In Re WINSHIP
  Supreme Court· 1970-05-18· cited 11,712×
• Berger v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1935-04-15· cited 4,581×
• Darden v. Wainwright
  Supreme Court· 1986-09-03· cited 4,161×
• Mullaney v. Wilbur
  Supreme Court· 1975-06-09· cited 3,396×
• Lutwak v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1953-03-16· cited 1,108×
• Collier v. State of Nevada
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1985-09-05· cited 90×
• Garner v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1962-09-18· cited 74×
• Barron v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1989-11-27· cited 59×
• Witherow v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1988-12-21· cited 42×
• Flanagan v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1988-05-18· cited 36×
• Aesoph v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1986-06-26· cited 32×
• Yates v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1987-03-31· cited 29×
• Colley v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1982-01-28· cited 15×
• Mercado v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1984-10-04· cited 12×
• Moore v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1980-02-28· cited 8×
• Downey v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1987-01-21· cited 8×
• Neal v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1990-02-20· cited 5×