State v. Fortin

How courts have described this case

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

• including an example text of a limiting instruction on other-crimes evidence that would satisfy the requirements of New Jersey law
• expert testimony concerning an application of behavioral science must be evaluated under the test for admission of scientific evidence
• F.B.I. expert in analysis of modus operandi and ritualistic crimes could not testify that two unique crimes were committed by same person using \linkage analysis\ because not sufficient ly reliable
• when Rule 404(b) evidence is admitted the trial court should give a specific charge with reference to the factual content of the case so that the jury may understand the purposes for which the evidence may be considered

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• State v. Reddish
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 2004-11-10· cited 313×
• State v. Fortin
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 2004-02-06· cited 163×
• State v. Williams
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 2007-04-11· cited 151×
• William P. Becker v. Arco Chemical Company, in No. 98-1636 William P. Becker v. Arco Chemical Company, William P. Becker, in No. 98-1888
  Third Circuit· 2000-03-20· cited 125×
• State v. Barden
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 2008-06-24· cited 71×
• State v. Sterling
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 2013-07-29· cited 70×
• State v. Herbert
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 2019-01-10· cited 65×
• State v. Gillispie
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 2011-06-09· cited 61×
• State v. Hernandez
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 2001-11-21· cited 58×
• In Re Commitment of RS
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 2001-04-20· cited 49×
• State v. Green
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 2018-11-28· cited 45×
• State v. Obeta
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 2011-03-24· cited 45×
• State v. Fortin
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 2007-03-28· cited 38×
• State of New Jersey v. Mark C. Sheppard
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 2014-09-03· cited 15×
• State v. Jenkins
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 2003-01-08· cited 9×
• People v. Masters
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2001-02-15· cited 8×
• State v. LENIN
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 2009-04-07· cited 7×
• State v. Pierro
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 2002-11-15· cited 5×
• Kelvin Rosa v. Administrator East Jersey State Prison
  Third Circuit· 2025-06-30· cited 1×
• STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. OLAJUWAN HERBERT (12-11-2693, ESSEX COUNTY AND STATEWIDE)
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 2019-01-10

Cites

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

• State v. Kelly
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1984-07-24· cited 515×
• United States v. Larry Allen Myers
  Fifth Circuit· 1977-04-15· cited 481×
• State v. Cofield
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1992-04-15· cited 449×
• Mann v. Oklahoma
  Supreme Court· 1994-05-16· cited 371×
• State v. Marrero
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1997-03-20· cited 297×
• State v. Harvey
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1997-07-30· cited 272×
• State v. Zola
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1988-10-07· cited 244×
• State v. Stevens
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1989-06-01· cited 237×
• State v. Kociolek
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1957-02-11· cited 197×
• State v. Long
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1990-06-21· cited 164×
• United States v. Robert Christopher Ingraham A/K/A Arthur Robert MacKeil
  First Circuit· 1987-10-29· cited 128×
• State v. Brunson
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1993-06-15· cited 128×
• State v. Cavallo
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1982-02-17· cited 104×
• State v. J.Q.
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1993-01-06· cited 98×
• State v. R.W.
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1986-09-23· cited 96×
• State v. Code
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1993-11-29· cited 93×
• State v. Oliver
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1993-07-22· cited 78×
• Windmere, Inc. v. International Insurance
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1987-03-19· cited 58×
• State v. Reldan
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1982-05-11· cited 43×
• People v. Rivera
  California Supreme Court· 1985-12-31· cited 42×