State v. Jefferson

How courts have described this case

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

• finding no impropriety in prosecutor's use of word \liar\ where evidence showed defendant was untruthful
• finding no impropriety in prosecutor’s use of word “liar” where evidence showed defendant was untruthful
• court said prosecutor's use of word \liar\ as a comment on defendant's credibility not improper where evidence showed defendant was not truthful
• “evidence of ‘flight’ should not be the subject of an instruction” because it may place undue emphasis on that evidence

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• State v. McKenzie
  Washington Supreme Court· 2006-05-18· cited 321×
• State v. Copeland
  Washington Supreme Court· 1996-09-19· cited 279×
• Smalls v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2018-02-07· cited 93×
• State v. Kyger
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1989-09-27· cited 91×
• State v. Wrenn
  Idaho Supreme Court· 1978-10-03· cited 84×
• State v. Payton
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1989-08-25· cited 77×
• State v. Freeburg
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2001-03-26· cited 65×
• State v. Torres
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1976-09-28· cited 50×
• State v. Sayers
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 1982-05-14· cited 42×
• State v. Grant
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1980-11-10· cited 38×
• State v. Wilson
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1981-07-20· cited 38×
• State v. Gonzales
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1987-01-09· cited 36×
• State v. Knapp
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1975-08-06· cited 31×
• State v. Cunningham
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1979-07-26· cited 29×
• State v. Russell
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1983-01-10· cited 28×
• State v. Marsh
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1986-08-20· cited 24×
• State v. Slater
  Washington Supreme Court· 2021-05-20· cited 23×
• State v. Harvey
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1983-05-25· cited 19×
• State v. Bales
  Utah Supreme Court· 1983-12-29· cited 19×
• State v. Cobb
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1978-12-21· cited 18×

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• United States v. Leonard T. Robinson, United States of America v. James E. McCaffity United States of America v. Louis Johnson
  D.C. Circuit· 1973-03-07· cited 118×
• State v. Adams
  Washington Supreme Court· 1969-09-11· cited 107×
• State v. Bruton
  Washington Supreme Court· 1965-04-22· cited 64×
• State v. Rose
  Washington Supreme Court· 1963-06-13· cited 37×
• State v. Harold
  Washington Supreme Court· 1954-11-08· cited 19×
• State v. Walton
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1971-06-21· cited 12×
• State v. Deatherage
  Washington Supreme Court· 1904-07-08· cited 9×