Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 4/1/1980
State v. Edwards
Citations
- 412 A.2d 983
- 15 A.L.R. 4th 816
- 1980 Me. LEXIS 536
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- \We do not find it necessary to require a mistrial to be automatic upon any mention of a polygraph examination by a witness.\
- \The jury could have inferred naturally and reasonably that she had taken the test in connection with her account of the events of the evening and that the result confirmed her account.\
- “the most important factor is that the credibility of Ann was a crucial issue”
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: McKusick, Wer-Nick, Godfrey, Nichols, Glass-Man, Pomeroy, Archibald
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15 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Capano v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware· 2001-08-10· cited 115×
- Poole v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland· 1983-01-07· cited 99×
- Guesfeird v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland· 1984-08-24· cited 53×
- State v. LedgerSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1982-04-26· cited 45×
- United States v. Godfrey BrevardFourth Circuit· 1984-07-27· cited 42×
- State v. HiltonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1981-07-10· cited 42×
- State v. HindsSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1984-12-11· cited 36×
- State v. HarnishSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1989-06-08· cited 34×
- State v. MishneSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1981-01-26· cited 30×
- Peyton v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1998-03-12· cited 29×
- State v. GaudetteSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1981-04-01· cited 21×
- In re Eric G.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1984-02-27· cited 13×
- State v. SmithSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1996-04-22· cited 12×
- Pantazes v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2001-11-30· cited 10×
- Murphy v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1995-06-07· cited 3×
Cites
18 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Commonwealth v. CammSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1971-05-13· cited 96×
- Kaminski v. StateSupreme Court of Florida· 1953-02-24· cited 76×
- Stack v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia· 1975-03-18· cited 62×
- Johnson v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida· 1964-07-24· cited 54×
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1971-01-07· cited 36×
- Commonwealth v. GarlandSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-12-01· cited 31×
- State v. MarquezArizona Supreme Court· 1976-12-20· cited 30×
- Mattox v. StateMississippi Supreme Court· 1961-03-20· cited 30×
- State v. RefugeSupreme Court of Louisiana· 1972-12-11· cited 29×
- People v. WhitfieldMichigan Court of Appeals· 1975-02-12· cited 27×
- State v. DavisSupreme Court of Louisiana· 1977-10-10· cited 23×
- State v. McFarlandSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1977-02-08· cited 23×
- State v. MowerSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1974-02-04· cited 22×
- State v. GagneSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1976-07-21· cited 21×
- People v. YatoomaMichigan Court of Appeals· 1978-08-21· cited 21×
- People v. RodgersMichigan Court of Appeals· 1976-01-26· cited 9×
- State v. MitchellSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1979-06-14· cited 7×
- State v. WilcoxSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1978-07-11· cited 2×
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