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 defendant’s prior bad acts are generally admissible to show the relationship between the defendant and victim
• holding that prior misconduct was “admissible because it demonstrated the defendant’s motive and intent to commit the murder and illuminated the relationship between the defendant and victim”
• holding that prior misconduct was “admissible because it demonstrated the defendant’s motive and intent to commit the murder and illuminated the relationship between the defendant and victim”
• holding that prior misconduct was “admissible because it demonstrated the defendant’s motive and intent to commit the murder and illuminated the relationship between the defendant and victim”
• holding that “the trial court should unambiguously address the defendant and leave no question that the defendant was given an opportunity to speak on his own behalf.”
• holding that the defendant’s statements that the victim “would pay,” and threats to kill the victim made two months before the murder, were admissible under Indiana Evidence Rule 404(b

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Desmond Turner v. State of Indiana
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2011-09-28· cited 193×
• Mitchell v. Mitchell
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1998-06-12· cited 168×
• Pruitt v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2005-09-13· cited 135×
• Hape v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2009-03-31· cited 124×
• Berry v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1998-12-30· cited 78×
• Biddinger v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2007-06-20· cited 77×
• Cook v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2000-09-06· cited 68×
• Evans v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2000-05-04· cited 62×
• Crain v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2000-10-20· cited 61×
• Ford v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1998-12-30· cited 59×
• Trowbridge v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1999-10-04· cited 56×
• Angleton v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1997-10-09· cited 51×
• Wrinkles v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1997-12-31· cited 46×
• Charlton v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1998-12-07· cited 45×
• Pelley v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2009-02-19· cited 41×
• Angleton v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1999-08-04· cited 38×
• Newman v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1999-11-17· cited 38×
• Whatley v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2009-06-17· cited 35×
• Camm v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2004-08-10· cited 35×
• McIntyre v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1999-10-01· cited 32×

Cites

19 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Green v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1961-04-17· cited 734×
• Page v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1981-08-26· cited 137×
• Tillman v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1994-11-04· cited 99×
• Light v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1989-12-15· cited 77×
• Taylor v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1995-12-28· cited 63×
• Minnick v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1989-10-02· cited 59×
• Taylor v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1992-03-06· cited 56×
• Matheney v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1992-01-09· cited 55×
• Chanley v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1991-12-20· cited 37×
• Dillon v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1986-05-13· cited 36×
• Shanholt v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1983-04-27· cited 31×
• Minton v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1980-03-03· cited 13×
• Shepard v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1983-08-01· cited 13×
• Magers v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1993-09-28· cited 11×
• United States v. David Henry Mitchell, III
  Second Circuit· 1968-04-01· cited 10×
• Smith v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1991-10-29· cited 9×
• Johnson v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1994-12-29· cited 6×
• Kelley v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1989-07-27· cited 4×
• Thompson v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1993-12-22· cited 2×