Spencer v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• “There is no categorical rule barring the testimony of a witness who has been drinking, and we reject [the appellant’s] suggestion that we should adopt such a rule. Instead, trial judges should handle these situations as the circumstances require.”
• “There is no categorical rule barring the testimony of a witness who has been drinking, and we reject [the appellant’s] suggestion that we should adopt such a rule. Instead, trial judges should handle these situations as the circumstances require.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

3 cases in this archive cite this case.

• People v. Alley
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2010-03-04· cited 11×
• Bergman v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 2016-01-29
• Matthew Foy v. State of Alaska
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 2022-06-10

Cites

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

• United States v. Peoni
  Second Circuit· 1938-12-12· cited 651×
• United States v. Herman Tyrone Harris
  Seventh Circuit· 1976-10-12· cited 261×
• Dorman v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1981-01-23· cited 135×
• Evans v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1976-05-28· cited 112×
• United States v. Robert Hyson, United States of America v. Edward Ennis, A/K/A \Tiger\, United States of America v. Richard Gomes
  First Circuit· 1983-11-23· cited 82×
• Hensel v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1979-12-07· cited 50×
• United States v. Hector Ramirez
  Sixth Circuit· 1989-04-04· cited 47×
• Carman v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1983-01-28· cited 42×
• Riley v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 2002-12-27· cited 36×
• Cannady v. Lynch
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1881-02-05· cited 27×
• Carman v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1979-11-30· cited 25×
• Gordon v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1975-03-17· cited 21×
• Pease v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 2002-09-27· cited 20×
• Shafer v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1969-06-23· cited 19×
• Diamond v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1972-10-17· cited 19×
• Hansen v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1993-01-22· cited 17×
• Bowell v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1986-12-05· cited 17×
• United States v. Robert L. Van Meerbeke and Donald M. Jones
  Second Circuit· 1977-04-18· cited 16×
• Echols v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1991-10-04· cited 16×
• Gould v. Crawford
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1845-01-03· cited 9×