Smulls v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that the standard for disqualification is whether a “reasonable person would find an appearance of impropriety and doubt the impartiality of the court”
• noting that the standard for disqualification is whether a “reasonable person would find an appearance of impropriety and doubt the impartiality of the court”
• “If a party cannot state substantively sufficient facts to warrant disqualification without voir dire, the judge should deny the motion”
• applying appearance of impropriety standard to the trial judge

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

17 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Worthington v. State
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 2005-05-31· cited 246×
• Charles K. Moore v. State of Missouri
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 2015-04-14· cited 244×
• McFadden v. State
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 2018-07-17· cited 55×
• Smulls v. State
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 2002-02-26· cited 31×
• Anderson v. State
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 2013-06-11· cited 25×
• State of Missouri v. Sheena Marr
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2016-09-13· cited 15×
• Youngberg v. Youngberg
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2006-06-30· cited 14×
• Sewill-Davis Ex Rel. Davis v. Franklin
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2005-10-25· cited 11×
• Burgess v. State
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 2011-07-19· cited 11×
• Martin v. State
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2017-05-09· cited 10×
• Moore v. Moore
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2004-05-20· cited 4×
• M.M. v. State
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2003-05-13· cited 3×
• Bullock v. State
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2006-12-20· cited 1×
• In Re The Marriage Of: ELIZABETH D. FARRIS and ERIC A. FARRIS ELIZABETH D. FARRIS, Petitioner-Respondent v. ERIC A. FARRIS
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2016-04-18· cited 1×
• In Re BRM
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2003-05-13
• Victoria L. Frawley v. Matthew J. Frawley
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2020-02-11
• STATE OF MISSOURI, Plaintiff-Respondent v. CHRISTOPHER B. SHULTZ
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2023-09-06

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• United States v. Jordan
  Fifth Circuit· 1995-03-30· cited 210×
• State v. Hunter
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1992-11-24· cited 202×
• State v. Taylor
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1996-08-20· cited 168×
• State v. Kinder
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1996-12-17· cited 146×
• State v. Nunley
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1996-05-28· cited 112×
• State v. Smith
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1997-04-29· cited 108×
• State Ex Rel. Wesolich v. Goeke
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1990-08-07· cited 98×
• State v. Smulls
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1996-11-19· cited 92×
• Haynes v. State
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1996-12-17· cited 40×
• State v. Garner
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1990-11-09· cited 13×
• State v. Ayers
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1995-11-27· cited 12×
• State ex rel. Ferguson v. Corrigan
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1997-12-23· cited 10×
• State ex rel. McCulloch v. Drumm
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1999-01-12· cited 10×
• State v. Whitlow
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1999-03-16· cited 4×