State v. Ellis

How courts have described this case

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

• describing the standard applicable to motions brought under former Iowa Rule of Criminal Procedure 23(2)(b )(6), now rule 2.24(2)(b )(6)
• recognizing a court’s failure to exercise discretion sparingly “would lessen the 11 role of the jury as the principal trier of the facts and would enable the trial court to disregard at will the jury's verdict”
• distinguishing between a motion for judgment of acquittal based on sufficiency of the evidence and a motion for new trial based on weight of the evidence

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Cited by

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

• State v. Shanahan
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2006-04-07· cited 257×
• State v. Reeves
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2003-10-08· cited 208×
• State of Iowa v. Kenneth Osborne Ary
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2016-04-08· cited 203×
• State v. Taylor
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2004-11-19· cited 201×
• State v. Nitcher
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2006-08-11· cited 197×
• State of Iowa v. Christopher Craig Thompson
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2013-08-23· cited 173×
• State of Iowa v. Jonas Dorian Neiderbach
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2013-08-23· cited 135×
• State v. Serrato
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2010-07-09· cited 96×
• State v. Neitzel
  Court of Appeals of Iowa· 2011-06-15· cited 72×
• State of Iowa v. James Alon Shorter
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2017-04-14· cited 61×
• State v. Reeves
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2001-12-26· cited 53×
• State v. Scalise
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2003-04-02· cited 47×
• State v. Grant
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2006-10-13· cited 44×
• State v. Adney
  Court of Appeals of Iowa· 2001-10-24· cited 37×
• Phouc Nguyen v. State
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2005-12-23· cited 34×
• State v. Wells
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2007-09-07· cited 27×
• State v. Sutton
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2001-11-15· cited 25×
• State v. O'Shea
  Court of Appeals of Iowa· 2001-06-13· cited 21×
• State v. Root
  Court of Appeals of Iowa· 2011-06-29· cited 16×
• David M. Powers v. State of Iowa
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2018-05-11· cited 15×

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• In Re WINSHIP
  Supreme Court· 1970-05-18· cited 11,712×
• Tibbs v. Florida
  Supreme Court· 1982-06-07· cited 3,796×
• Thompson v. City of Louisville
  Supreme Court· 1960-03-21· cited 801×
• State v. Robinson
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1980-02-20· cited 183×
• State v. Tokatlian
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1972-12-20· cited 30×
• State v. Dallen
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1990-03-21· cited 26×
• State v. Schertz
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1982-12-22· cited 19×
• United States v. Polin
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1993-06-16· cited 12×
• State v. LaDouceur
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1985-04-17· cited 12×

Other cases named State v. Ellis

346 other CourtListener records share this case name; the 50 most cited are listed.

• State v. Ellis
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1985-09-10· cited 192×
• State v. Ellis
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 2007-09-26· cited 108×
• State v. Ellis
  Washington Supreme Court· 1998-10-01· cited 86×
• State v. Ellis
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2013-03-28· cited 67×
• State v. Ellis
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2004-07-27· cited 66×
• State v. Ellis
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 1981-03-27· cited 65×
• State v. Ellis
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 2008-05-28· cited 63×
• State v. Ellis
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 1996-06-26· cited 50×
• State v. Ellis
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 2000-10-13· cited 49×
• State v. Ellis
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1995-04-18· cited 48×
• State v. Ellis
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1974-08-07· cited 41×
• State v. Ellis
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1977-12-20· cited 39×
• State v. Ellis
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 1983-04-29· cited 36×
• State v. Ellis
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1986-04-07· cited 36×
• State v. Ellis
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 1995-05-30· cited 35×
• State v. Ellis
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1994-12-20· cited 35×
• State v. Ellis
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1992-03-10· cited 32×
• State v. Ellis
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2001-05-29· cited 32×
• State v. Ellis
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 1984-03-02· cited 32×
• State v. Ellis
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1984-06-13· cited 31×
• State v. Ellis
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1978-08-15· cited 30×
• State v. Ellis
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1977-11-17· cited 30×
• State v. Ellis
  Utah Supreme Court· 1987-12-29· cited 30×
• State v. Ellis
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1997-06-30· cited 26×
• State v. Ellis
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1819-10-28· cited 26×
• State v. Ellis
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1993-05-18· cited 24×
• State v. Ellis
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1993-10-08· cited 24×
• State v. Ellis
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1962-09-06· cited 23×
• State v. Ellis
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1982-09-07· cited 23×
• State v. Ellis
  Washington Supreme Court· 1900-02-08· cited 23×
• State v. Ellis
  Montana Supreme Court· 2009-06-05· cited 22×
• State v. Ellis
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2009-07-16· cited 22×
• State v. Ellis
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1997-04-16· cited 22×
• State v. Ellis
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1993-01-12· cited 22×
• State v. Ellis
  Idaho Supreme Court· 1950-06-26· cited 21×
• State v. Ellis
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1998-05-28· cited 21×
• State v. Ellis
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2020-08-07· cited 20×
• State v. Ellis
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 2004-08-18· cited 19×
• State v. Ellis
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1868-06-15· cited 19×
• State v. Ellis
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 1986-10-03· cited 17×
• State v. Ellis
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1975-06-18· cited 16×
• State v. Ellis
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1976-03-23· cited 16×
• State v. Ellis
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1991-12-10· cited 16×
• State v. Ellis
  Montana Supreme Court· 2007-08-28· cited 15×
• State v. Ellis
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 2001-05-01· cited 15×
• State v. Ellis
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1986-08-05· cited 15×
• State v. Ellis
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 1996-03-26· cited 15×
• State v. Ellis
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2014-01-09· cited 15×
• State v. Ellis
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1966-03-23· cited 14×
• State v. Ellis
  Idaho Supreme Court· 1978-11-16· cited 14×