Supreme Court of Minnesota· 8/4/2005
State v. Morton
Citations
- 701 N.W.2d 225
- 2005 Minn. LEXIS 468
- 2005 WL 1836935
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that “grisly” photos were relevant to show elements of first-degree and second-degree murder and admissible where medical examiner testified to cause of death and probable killing during sexual assault
- holding that “grisly” photos were relevant to show elements of first-degree and second- degree murder and admissible when medical examiner testified to cause of death and probable killing during sexual assault
- holding that the use of “were they lying” questions was improper because “the state shifted the jury's focus by creating the impression that the jury must conclude that these two witnesses were lying in order to acquit Morton”
- explaining that the prosecutor improperly asked whether earlier witnesses were not telling the truth
- applying plain-error review when a defendant fails to request curative instructions
- improper to cross-examine defendant with “were they lying” questions where it could lead jury to believe they must think witnesses were lying in 3 order to acquit defendant
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Judges: Anderson
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22 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- State v. RameySupreme Court of Minnesota· 2006-09-14· cited 347×
- State v. SwansonSupreme Court of Minnesota· 2006-01-10· cited 131×
- State v. MayhornSupreme Court of Minnesota· 2006-08-31· cited 101×
- State v. JacksonSupreme Court of Minnesota· 2006-06-01· cited 69×
- State of Minnesota v. Dylan Micheal KelleySupreme Court of Minnesota· 2014-10-22· cited 61×
- State v. DobbinsSupreme Court of Minnesota· 2006-12-28· cited 50×
- State v. CaineSupreme Court of Minnesota· 2008-03-27· cited 47×
- State v. FieldsSupreme Court of Minnesota· 2007-05-03· cited 44×
- State v. KendellSupreme Court of Minnesota· 2006-11-09· cited 43×
- State v. ValtierraSupreme Court of Minnesota· 2006-07-27· cited 39×
- State v. HurdSupreme Court of Minnesota· 2009-03-26· cited 36×
- State v. GoodloeSupreme Court of Minnesota· 2006-07-27· cited 32×
- State v. SimionSupreme Court of Minnesota· 2008-03-13· cited 28×
- State v. BARRIENTOS-QUINTANASupreme Court of Minnesota· 2010-09-09· cited 17×
- State v. HahnCourt of Appeals of Minnesota· 2011-05-31· cited 15×
- State v. Medal-MendozaSupreme Court of Minnesota· 2006-08-03· cited 12×
- State v. LeutschaftCourt of Appeals of Minnesota· 2009-01-13· cited 11×
- State v. FosterNorth Dakota Supreme Court· 2020-05-07· cited 10×
- State v. SmithSupreme Court of Minnesota· 2013-08-14· cited 10×
- State v. HaynesSupreme Court of Minnesota· 2007-01-04· cited 8×
Cites
20 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Johnson v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1997-05-12· cited 4,572×
- Parker v. GladdenSupreme Court· 1966-12-12· cited 671×
- State v. GrillerSupreme Court of Minnesota· 1998-07-30· cited 451×
- Schwartz v. Minneapolis Suburban Bus Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1960-07-01· cited 120×
- State v. SalitrosSupreme Court of Minnesota· 1993-05-14· cited 119×
- State v. PorterSupreme Court of Minnesota· 1995-01-13· cited 97×
- State v. JonesSupreme Court of Minnesota· 2004-03-11· cited 94×
- State v. BradfordSupreme Court of Minnesota· 2000-10-25· cited 78×
- State v. PilotSupreme Court of Minnesota· 1999-06-03· cited 72×
- State v. PowersSupreme Court of Minnesota· 2003-01-02· cited 71×
- State v. DeRosierSupreme Court of Minnesota· 2005-04-21· cited 67×
- Ture v. StateSupreme Court of Minnesota· 2004-06-03· cited 52×
- State v. CoxSupreme Court of Minnesota· 1982-07-30· cited 48×
- State v. GliddenSupreme Court of Minnesota· 1990-05-18· cited 42×
- State v. BuggsSupreme Court of Minnesota· 1998-07-16· cited 42×
- State v. MontjoySupreme Court of Minnesota· 1985-04-12· cited 40×
- State v. Sanchez-DiazSupreme Court of Minnesota· 2004-07-29· cited 34×
- State v. BerndtSupreme Court of Minnesota· 1986-08-29· cited 31×
- State v. Roman NoseSupreme Court of Minnesota· 2003-08-21· cited 29×
- State v. SullivanSupreme Court of Minnesota· 1993-06-25· cited 9×
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