State v. McElroy

How courts have described this case

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

• “When a defendant testifies to certain facts or issues during his direct examination, he ‘opens the door’ to further inquiry into those matters on cross-examination.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

3 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Maluia
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 2005-03-24· cited 59×
• State v. Schnabel.
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 2012-05-11· cited 36×
• In re: A.M., S.M. and M.M.
  Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals· 2026-04-29

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• State v. Furutani
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1994-04-27· cited 125×
• State v. Ganal
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1996-05-08· cited 124×
• State v. Loa
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1996-11-06· cited 94×
• State v. Wakisaka
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 2003-10-23· cited 91×
• State v. Taylor
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1998-11-23· cited 71×
• State v. St. Clair
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 2003-05-05· cited 39×
• State v. Lagat
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 2002-02-08· cited 33×
• Commonwealth v. Roderick
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1999-04-02· cited 32×
• State v. Pulawa
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1980-07-07· cited 28×
• State v. Pokini
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1976-04-07· cited 28×
• State v. Napulou
  Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals· 1997-04-09· cited 23×
• Wilkey v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1994-11-28· cited 15×
• Roman v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-07-18· cited 7×
• Bobb v. United States
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2000-09-07· cited 5×