Scott 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 requesting the assistance of an expert at public expense must explain why an expert witness is necessary and would help the defense
• noting that ‘‘trial courts . . . are in the position of both ensuring that defendants receive fair trials and preventing limited resources from being used unnecessarily’’
• comparing Webb v. Baird, 6 Ind. 13 (1854), with Johnson v. Zerbst, 304 U.S. 458, 58 S.Ct. 1019, 82 L.Ed. 1461 (1938), and Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 U.S. 335, 83 S.Ct 792, 9 L.Ed.2d 799 (1963
• failure to provide defendant with blood spatter expert in a death penalty ease was reversible error

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

20 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Conner v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1999-05-25· cited 123×
• James F. Griffith v. State of Indiana
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2016-09-29· cited 74×
• Cox v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1998-06-26· cited 62×
• Williams v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1996-08-07· cited 55×
• People v. Stuckey
  California Court of Appeal· 2009-07-09· cited 40×
• Beauchamp v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2003-05-21· cited 37×
• Kriner v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1998-09-22· cited 21×
• Newhart v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1996-07-30· cited 17×
• Reed v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1997-10-28· cited 15×
• Tidwell v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1994-12-16· cited 12×
• Brittany L. McConniel v. State of Indiana
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2012-09-11· cited 6×
• Williams v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1993-08-24· cited 5×
• Gary Sistrunk v. State of Indiana
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2014-05-19· cited 1×
• State v. Wang
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2014-06-17
• Nicholas A. Rushlow v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2015-04-02
• Scott Schuck v. State of Indiana
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2016-05-04
• Christopher A. Bruck v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2017-10-16
• John B. Myles v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2018-05-16
• In re the Termination of the Parent-Child Relationship of A.L., C.L., E.L., M.L., and J.P. (Minor Children) and N.L. (Mother) N.L. (Mother) v. Indiana Department of Child Services (mem. dec.)
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2018-12-31
• Marty J Wilson v. State of Indiana
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2026-06-23

Cites

19 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Johnson v. Zerbst
  Supreme Court· 1938-05-31· cited 10,545×
• Gideon v. Wainwright
  Supreme Court· 1963-03-18· cited 8,419×
• Ake v. Oklahoma
  Supreme Court· 1985-02-26· cited 3,332×
• Britt v. North Carolina
  Supreme Court· 1971-12-13· cited 727×
• Magley v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1975-10-21· cited 140×
• Davis v. Oklahoma
  Supreme Court· 1986-03-31· cited 103×
• Lowery v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1985-06-04· cited 98×
• Webb v. Baird
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1854-12-13· cited 87×
• Davidson v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1990-08-29· cited 78×
• Roberts v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1978-04-03· cited 71×
• Kennedy v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1991-09-19· cited 56×
• Hough v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1990-12-13· cited 52×
• Himes v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1980-05-20· cited 48×
• Schultz v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1986-09-15· cited 34×
• Graham v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1982-11-29· cited 25×
• Hashfield v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1965-10-06· cited 21×
• Castor v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1992-03-02· cited 20×
• Jones v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1988-06-30· cited 12×
• Prensky v. Geller
  Supreme Court· 1966-04-25· cited 7×