Supreme Court of North Carolina· 8/5/1998
State v. Helms
Citations
- 504 S.E.2d 293
- 345 N.C. 578
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that it was impermissible to allow a lay witness to testify regarding the results of an HGN test, a field sobriety test, when the reliability of the test was not sufficiently established
- “The court’s ‘gatekeeping’ function [to ensure reliability] is made necessary by the heightened credence juries tend to give evidence perceived as scientific.”
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Judges: Frye
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15 cases in this archive cite this case.
- United States v. HornD. Maryland· 2002-01-31· cited 53×
- State v. ItoHawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals· 1999-05-24· cited 46×
- State v. HullingerSouth Dakota Supreme Court· 2002-07-10· cited 15×
- Wilson v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1999-01-27· cited 12×
- State v. DillinerWest Virginia Supreme Court· 2002-07-26· cited 11×
- State v. TorrenceCourt of Appeals of North Carolina· 2016-04-19· cited 4×
- State v. GodwinCourt of Appeals of North Carolina· 2016-04-19· cited 4×
- United States v. Van HazelE.D. North Carolina· 2006-12-20· cited 2×
- State v. BarkerCourt of Appeals of North Carolina· 2017-12-19· cited 2×
- v. MarstonColorado Court of Appeals· 2021-02-11· cited 2×
- v. MarstonColorado Court of Appeals· 2020-08-06· cited 1×
- State v. KillianCourt of Appeals of North Carolina· 2016-11-15
- State v. PhillipsCourt of Appeals of North Carolina· 2019-12-03
- State v. ThomasCourt of Appeals of North Carolina· 2021-12-21
- State v. TesarCourt of Appeals of North Carolina· 2004-09-21
Cites
17 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Emerson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1994-04-13· cited 407×
- People v. LeahyCalifornia Supreme Court· 1994-10-27· cited 195×
- Hulse v. State, Department of JusticeMontana Supreme Court· 1998-05-05· cited 188×
- State v. Superior CourtArizona Supreme Court· 1986-04-07· cited 185×
- State v. MurphySupreme Court of Iowa· 1990-01-24· cited 100×
- Commonwealth v. SandsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1997-02-03· cited 71×
- State v. SullivanSupreme Court of South Carolina· 1993-01-11· cited 67×
- City of Fargo v. McLaughlinNorth Dakota Supreme Court· 1994-02-23· cited 60×
- Schultz v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1995-08-31· cited 50×
- Commonwealth v. MillerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-10-20· cited 45×
- Hurley v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1994-10-11· cited 45×
- State v. MeadorDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida· 1996-05-15· cited 43×
- Whitson v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas· 1993-10-18· cited 41×
- Ballard v. StateCourt of Appeals of Alaska· 1998-04-03· cited 38×
- State v. RuthardtSuperior Court of Delaware· 1996-03-21· cited 35×
- People v. OjedaCalifornia Court of Appeal· 1990-11-19· cited 25×
- State v. CissneCourt of Appeals of Washington· 1994-01-25· cited 24×
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