Splunge 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 error harmless after considering intent of prosecutor, directness of reference, extensiveness of reference, and overwhelming nature of evidence
• finding error harmless after considering intent of prosecutor, directness of reference, extensiveness of reference, and overwhelming nature of evidence
• finding error harmless after considering intent of prosecutor, directness of reference, extensiveness of reference, and overwhelming nature of evidence
• where our supreme court found it improper for prosecutor to observe “that the defense counsel does not want the jury to know the truth”
• the Supreme Court condemned the prosecutor’s attempt to remind the jury that the defendant did not testify, but nevertheless affirmed because of the overwhelming evidence of guilt

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

12 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Moore v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1996-07-18· cited 102×
• Wisehart v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1998-03-19· cited 83×
• State v. Ball
  South Dakota Supreme Court· 2004-01-21· cited 34×
• Taylor v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1997-05-12· cited 27×
• Charles B. Splunge v. Al C. Parke
  Seventh Circuit· 1998-11-04· cited 18×
• Baxter v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1998-06-19· cited 10×
• Wheeler v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2001-06-20· cited 4×
• Cason v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1996-10-29· cited 4×
• Santiago Valdez v. State of Indiana
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2016-07-22· cited 4×
• Splunge v. Parke
  N.D. Indiana· 1996-05-28· cited 2×
• Boyko v. Parke
  N.D. Indiana· 1999-09-21
• Devante Shakur Foster v. State of Indiana
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2026-05-29

Cites

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

• Chapman v. California
  Supreme Court· 1967-03-27· cited 23,069×
• Doyle v. Ohio
  Supreme Court· 1976-06-17· cited 4,773×
• Griffin v. California
  Supreme Court· 1965-04-28· cited 4,680×
• Griffin v. California
  Supreme Court· 1965-06-07· cited 4,088×
• Fahy v. Connecticut
  Supreme Court· 1963-12-02· cited 1,743×
• Maldonado v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1976-10-20· cited 345×
• Modesitt v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1991-09-26· cited 151×
• Wilson v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1987-10-23· cited 86×
• Richey v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1981-10-06· cited 75×
• Evans v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1986-10-03· cited 72×
• Rabadi v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1989-07-21· cited 62×
• Woolston v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1983-09-19· cited 61×
• Jones v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1976-10-07· cited 53×
• Loveless v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1960-05-17· cited 47×
• Charles B. Splunge v. Dick Clark and Indiana Attorney General
  Seventh Circuit· 1992-05-05· cited 40×
• Rowe v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1989-06-15· cited 35×
• Haeger v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1979-06-12· cited 28×
• Yurina v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1985-02-21· cited 26×
• Andrews v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1989-04-10· cited 26×
• Hunter v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1986-05-21· cited 26×