State v. Lerch

How courts have described this case

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

• rejecting argument that higher standard applies when circumstantial evidence relied upon to prove corpus delicti
• defendant, a prison escapee, confessed that he had strangled victim, a seven-year-old boy and put his body in a dumpster; witness testified he had smelled the odor of decomposing human flesh coming from the dumpster; hair similar to victim’s was found in defendant’s home

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

10 cases in this archive cite this case.

• McDuff v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1997-01-22· cited 1,412×
• State v. Lerch
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1984-02-08· cited 87×
• Government of the Virgin Islands v. Raphello Harris, Sr.
  Third Circuit· 1991-07-03· cited 81×
• Amin v. State
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 1985-02-21· cited 47×
• State v. Rodgers
  Montana Supreme Court· 1993-03-30· cited 32×
• State v. Allen
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 1992-03-11· cited 30×
• State v. Florez
  Utah Supreme Court· 1989-06-29· cited 20×
• State v. Voits
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 2003-03-06· cited 14×
• State v. Gaither
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 1985-10-30· cited 12×
• State v. Allen
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 1990-12-05· cited 6×

Cites

19 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Schneckloth v. Bustamonte
  Supreme Court· 1973-05-29· cited 11,783×
• Frazier v. Cupp
  Supreme Court· 1969-04-23· cited 1,468×
• Ball v. Gladden
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1968-07-17· cited 849×
• State v. Kennedy
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1981-02-18· cited 196×
• State v. Quinn
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1981-01-20· cited 183×
• State v. Krummacher
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1974-06-27· cited 170×
• Carter v. Moberly
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1972-10-19· cited 80×
• Oaxaca v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1978-10-30· cited 71×
• State v. Mendacino
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1979-12-18· cited 62×
• State v. Harris
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1965-09-08· cited 49×
• State v. Jensen
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1957-01-16· cited 46×
• State of Oregon v. Watts
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1956-10-10· cited 23×
• State v. Burdick
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 1982-06-09· cited 18×
• State v. Clifton
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1975-01-30· cited 17×
• State v. Corona
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 1982-12-08· cited 16×
• State v. Kersting
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1982-01-12· cited 14×
• State v. Smith
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 1977-10-24· cited 10×
• State ex rel. State Highway Commission v. Oregon-Washington Lumber Co.
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 1976-01-26· cited 2×
• State v. Swearengin
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 1978-01-30· cited 1×