State v. Perez

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding that “firmly convinced” suggests lesser burden than beyond reasonable doubt
• affirmed with respect to reasonable doubt instruction, reversed in part on other grounds by 90 Haw. 65, 976 P.2d 379 (1999)
• court’s instruction jury must convict if “firmly convinced” of guilt diminished the very high burden of proof of beyond a reasonable doubt to that of clear and convincing evidence and constituted reversible error

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

17 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Ellison
  Arizona Supreme Court· 2006-08-09· cited 257×
• State v. Jenkins
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 2000-04-06· cited 242×
• In re the Detention of Turay
  Washington Supreme Court· 1999-10-21· cited 217×
• State v. Van Adams
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1999-06-18· cited 112×
• State v. Jones
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 2001-08-30· cited 70×
• In Re Detention of Turay
  Washington Supreme Court· 1999-12-22· cited 46×
• State v. Putz
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 2003-06-06· cited 43×
• Commonwealth v. Russell
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2015-01-26· cited 37×
• People v. Schlehuber
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2025-05-15· cited 36×
• State v. Haili
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 2003-12-03· cited 35×
• State v. Perez
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1999-02-08· cited 33×
• Williams v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2000-03-07· cited 22×
• State v. Jackson
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2007-07-10· cited 15×
• State v. Hunt
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2005-07-26· cited 12×
• People v. Berumen
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2025-12-11· cited 12×
• State of Iowa v. Ethan L. Davis
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2022-05-27
• State v. Perez
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1998-11-20

Cites

36 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• In Re WINSHIP
  Supreme Court· 1970-05-18· cited 11,712×
• Holland v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1955-01-31· cited 3,238×
• Victor v. Nebraska
  Supreme Court· 1994-05-16· cited 1,656×
• Masaki v. General Motors Corp.
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1989-09-20· cited 188×
• United States v. Porter
  Fourth Circuit· 1987-06-22· cited 185×
• Russell v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1994-10-03· cited 142×
• United States v. Alvin R. Bustillo
  Ninth Circuit· 1986-05-16· cited 139×
• State v. Holbron
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1995-10-20· cited 136×
• State v. Pinero
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1989-07-25· cited 121×
• United States v. George Lawson
  Seventh Circuit· 1974-12-19· cited 115×
• United States v. Harry J. Reese
  Second Circuit· 1994-08-25· cited 87×
• United States v. Richard L. Hunt
  Fifth Circuit· 1986-07-25· cited 83×
• United States v. Paul W. Gibson
  First Circuit· 1984-01-30· cited 82×
• State v. Moore
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1996-07-17· cited 80×
• United States v. Williams
  Fifth Circuit· 1994-04-20· cited 71×
• State v. Pinero
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1993-10-18· cited 66×
• State v. Silva
  Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals· 1995-03-13· cited 62×
• United States v. Artero
  Ninth Circuit· 1997-07-31· cited 57×
• State v. Apilando
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1995-08-31· cited 56×
• State v. Matias
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1992-11-13· cited 55×