Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 5/6/1982
State v. Forbes
Citations
- 445 A.2d 8
- 1982 Me. LEXIS 671
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- characterizing “unfair prejudice” as having a “tendency to move the tribunal to decide on an improper basis, commonly, though not always, an emotional one” (quotation marks omitted)
- allowing admission of defendant’s gun
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Judges: Godfrey, Nichols, Roberts, Carter, Yiolette, Wathen
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32 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Ingram v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1999-08-27· cited 124×
- Averette v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1985-04-09· cited 79×
- Loggins v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1999-04-30· cited 63×
- Jackson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1993-09-30· cited 53×
- State v. ArdolinoSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1997-06-30· cited 51×
- Griffin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2000-02-04· cited 40×
- Scott v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2012-10-05· cited 25×
- R.D.H. v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1997-07-03· cited 25×
- State v. PattonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2012-07-26· cited 24×
- White v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2013-08-30· cited 22×
- State v. ShumanSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1993-04-05· cited 21×
- State v. PhilbrickSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1984-08-10· cited 21×
- State v. JohnsonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1984-03-02· cited 17×
- Horton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2016-03-18· cited 17×
- State v. DeanSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1991-04-12· cited 16×
- State of Maine v. Nicholas SextonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2017-04-06· cited 16×
- Draper v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2003-04-25· cited 13×
- State v. FlemingSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1997-07-21· cited 12×
- State v. HollandSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2012-01-12· cited 10×
- State v. FranklinSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1984-07-11· cited 9×
Cites
16 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- United States v. Cecil RobinsonSecond Circuit· 1977-07-28· cited 257×
- Geisinger v. Board of County CommissionersSupreme Court· 1978-02-27· cited 137×
- State v. HurdSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1976-07-13· cited 52×
- State v. NicholasSupreme Court of Louisiana· 1981-04-06· cited 48×
- State v. HealdSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1978-11-09· cited 40×
- Commonwealth v. MendesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1972-04-03· cited 39×
- Terrio v. Millinocket Community HospitalSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1977-11-02· cited 37×
- State v. ConnerSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1981-09-08· cited 37×
- Joseph Daniel Walker v. United StatesEighth Circuit· 1974-01-23· cited 26×
- State v. GagnonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1978-03-08· cited 23×
- United States v. James Melvin Green, and Debra Fennell GreenSecond Circuit· 1977-08-22· cited 15×
- State v. PolandSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1981-03-13· cited 14×
- State v. RogersSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1978-08-02· cited 12×
- Holland v. StateIndiana Supreme Court· 1980-11-13· cited 10×
- Commonwealth v. CookMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1974-03-11· cited 10×
- Morris v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals· 1979-12-18· cited 9×
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