Ruffin v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• finding Lolly/Deberry “only requires that the State adequately gather and preserve physical evidence,” not test that physical evidence (citations omitted)
• Dofondani’s motion for a Lolly instruction properly denied for State’S “failure to conduct DNA testing of the seized gun”
• “T1io stoto’s affirmative duty ends with the collection and preservation of evidence. [Defendant] could have requested pretrial DNA testing of the seized handgun, but he did not do so

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

• RICHARD C. JONES v. UNITED STATES
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2015-09-17· cited 20×
• State v. Jackson
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2017-06-19
• Ruffin v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2019-02-19
• State v. Taylor
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2023-08-16
• State v. Ruffin
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2023-12-11
• State v. Velez
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2025-09-12

Cites

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

• Neil v. Biggers
  Supreme Court· 1972-12-06· cited 7,056×
• Simmons v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1968-03-18· cited 6,700×
• Manson v. Brathwaite
  Supreme Court· 1977-06-16· cited 5,119×
• Bailey v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1987-03-03· cited 118×
• Deberry v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1983-01-27· cited 112×
• Hammond v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1989-12-28· cited 91×
• United States v. Robert Edward Field
  Ninth Circuit· 1980-08-01· cited 84×
• Lolly v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1992-07-27· cited 76×
• Steckel v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1998-05-22· cited 66×
• Data Probe Acquisition Corp. v. Datatab, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1983-11-22· cited 52×
• Duross v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1985-06-13· cited 50×
• Revel v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2008-08-07· cited 46×
• Younger v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1985-06-20· cited 44×
• Article II Gun Shop, Inc., D/B/A Gun World v. Alberto Gonzales
  Seventh Circuit· 2006-03-20· cited 42×
• Zimmerman v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1993-07-29· cited 40×
• McNair v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2010-03-08· cited 34×
• General Motors Corp. v. Grenier
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2009-08-24· cited 22×
• Harris v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1975-12-30· cited 21×
• Weber v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2012-02-21· cited 19×
• Richardson v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1996-02-22· cited 18×