State v. Chance

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that an 7 indictment cannot be dismissed solely on the ground it was not supported by 8 sufficient evidence
• in absence of statutory authority the courts are without power to look behind an indictment, duly returned into court and regular upon its face
• in absence of statutory authority the courts are without power to look behind an indictment, duly returned into court and regular upon its face
• “[C]ourts are 6 without power or jurisdiction to inquire into the subject and review the testimony 7 submitted to the grand jury to determine whether or not the required kind or degree 8 of evidence was submitted.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

24 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Buzbee v. Donnelly
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1981-09-25· cited 99×
• State v. Nordquist
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 1981-08-03· cited 45×
• State v. McGill
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1976-10-19· cited 37×
• State v. Masters
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1982-10-28· cited 26×
• State v. Ulibarri
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1999-12-02· cited 25×
• State v. Harge
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1979-09-18· cited 19×
• Maldonado v. State
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1979-12-21· cited 18×
• Pfeiffer v. State
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1929-06-03· cited 18×
• State v. Ergenbright
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1973-02-23· cited 16×
• Rice v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1956-03-23· cited 12×
• State v. Stevens
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1979-04-17· cited 11×
• Herrera v. Sanchez
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 2014-06-12· cited 11×
• State v. Romero
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 2006-06-29· cited 11×
• Bircham v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1951-02-06· cited 10×
• State v. Romero
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 2006-09-05· cited 9×
• State v. Laskay
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1986-01-28· cited 7×
• United States v. Olmstead
  W.D. Washington· 1925-04-23· cited 7×
• State v. Brule
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1997-06-25· cited 7×
• State v. Ayon
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 2021-07-27· cited 7×
• State v. Bigler
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1982-09-09· cited 6×

Cites

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

• United States v. Coolidge
  U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts· 1815-05-15· cited 90×
• Commonwealth v. Green
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1889-05-27· cited 81×
• Charge to Grand Jury
  U.S. Circuit Court for the District of California· 1872-08-22· cited 45×
• United States v. Kilpatrick
  W.D. North Carolina· 1883-05-15· cited 43×
• McKinney v. United States
  Eighth Circuit· 1912-07-22· cited 42×
• Creek v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1865-05-15· cited 40×
• United States v. Farrington
  N.D. New York· 1881-07-01· cited 39×
• Atwell v. United States
  Fourth Circuit· 1908-05-22· cited 32×
• State v. . Barker
  Supreme Court of North Carolina· 1890-09-05· cited 31×
• State v. Logan
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1865-07-01· cited 26×
• People v. Molineux
  New York Court of General Session of the Peace· 1899-03-15· cited 19×
• State v. Kelliher
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1907-02-26· cited 19×
• State v. Faulkner
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1905-01-31· cited 15×
• United States v. Rubin
  D. Connecticut· 1914-10-27· cited 14×
• State v. . Ivey
  Supreme Court of North Carolina· 1888-02-05· cited 12×
• Collier v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1913-03-15· cited 12×
• State v. Wilson
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1919-09-27· cited 11×
• People v. Walsh
  New York Supreme Court· 1915-12-15· cited 10×
• State v. Roberts
  Delaware Court of Oyer and Terminer· 1910-10-03· cited 10×
• State v. Jaramillo
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1919-04-07· cited 8×