State v. Peterson

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the strength of the State's proofs is not a relevant factor for consideration where the perpetrator's identity was at issue
• holding that the DNA retesting statute \sets forth eight conditions a 19 A-2006-14T1 convicted person must establish to be entitled to such testing[.]\
• emphasizing that a court may not deny a motion for DNA testing because the court finds it unlikely that DNA testing would produce favorable results; instead the court has to consider the evidential significance of whatever \favorable\ DNA test results could be obtained
• “[T]he strength of the evidence against a defendant is not a relevant factor in determining whether his identity as the perpetrator was a significant issue.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

15 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Powers v. State
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2011-06-16· cited 102×
• State of New Jersey v. Rodney Armour
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 2016-07-19· cited 75×
• State v. Reldan
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 2004-12-07· cited 15×
• State v. DeMarco
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 2006-08-18· cited 9×
• Peterson v. Bernardi
  D. New Jersey· 2010-06-15· cited 6×
• HAFFEY v. State
  Montana Supreme Court· 2010-05-04· cited 3×
• Lambert v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 2018-11-16· cited 3×
• Matthew Jackson v. State of Tennessee
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 2013-04-05
• Tony L. Pirtle v. State of Tennessee
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 2012-10-04
• Ricky Nelson v. State of Tennessee
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 2011-12-14
• State of Tennessee v. Ricky Lee Nelson-Concurring
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 2014-01-27
• State of Tennessee v. Ricky Lee Nelson
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 2014-01-27
• Reed, Rodney
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2015-03-17
• State of Texas v. Swearingen, Larry Ray
  Texas Supreme Court· 2015-11-13
• STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. STEVEN R. FORTIN (95-09-1197, MIDDLESEX COUNTY AND STATEWIDE) (RECORD IMPOUNDED)
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 2020-06-22

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• State v. Carter
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1981-03-03· cited 185×
• People v. Urioste
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2000-09-21· cited 49×
• People v. Hockenberry
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2000-10-13· cited 43×
• People v. Rokita
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2000-09-08· cited 40×
• Anderson v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2003-09-04· cited 18×
• Knighten v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2002-09-04· cited 15×
• People v. Gholston
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1998-06-22· cited 14×
• State v. Hogue
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 2003-03-25· cited 12×
• State v. Halsey
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 2000-04-11· cited 10×
• State v. Cecil
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1993-02-17· cited 5×
• Manual v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2003-06-13· cited 4×