Sawyer v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• observing that testimony is less likely to undermine the fairness of the trial where the court issues an effective instruction
• observing that testimony is less likely to undermine the fairness of the trial where the court issues an effective instruction
• stating factors relevant to a review of a denial of motion for mistrial
• stating factors relevant to a review of a denial of motion for mistrial
• describing relevant factors in reviewing denial of motion for mistrial
• describing relevant factors in reviewing denial of motion for mistrial

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

15 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Capano v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2001-08-10· cited 115×
• Shelton v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2000-01-05· cited 90×
• Dawson v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1994-02-23· cited 75×
• Gattis v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1994-02-28· cited 61×
• Revel v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2008-08-07· cited 46×
• Garvey v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2005-04-28· cited 28×
• Phillips v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2017-01-17· cited 23×
• Fuller v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2004-11-09· cited 20×
• Flowers v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2004-08-31· cited 18×
• Gomez v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2011-07-28· cited 13×
• Smith v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2008-12-18· cited 9×
• Taylor v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2001-08-02· cited 9×
• Adams v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2009-02-26· cited 1×
• State v. Stevens
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2017-10-06
• Gustave v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2025-07-29

Cites

4 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Hughes v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1981-11-18· cited 172×
• Brokenbrough v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1987-03-18· cited 69×
• Pennell v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1991-12-18· cited 34×
• Thompson v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1979-02-14· cited 31×