State v. Rollins

How courts have described this case

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

• affirming the decision below sustaining the government's objection to testimony by a prison official pertaining to a promise of immunity in exchange for the surrender of the defendant, who was engaged in a prison uprising during which a guard had been taken hostage
• “It is well settled in this state that the Attorney General is the only state official vested with prosecutorial discretion.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

15 cases in this archive cite this case.

• People v. Pasch
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1992-10-01· cited 295×
• State v. Lead Industries, Ass'n, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2008-07-01· cited 77×
• State v. McGranahan
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1980-06-20· cited 53×
• State v. Tiernan
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1994-07-12· cited 38×
• State v. Giorgi
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1979-02-14· cited 25×
• Jefferson v. State
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1984-03-02· cited 17×
• In re House of Representatives
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1990-05-03· cited 16×
• Erickson v. Weber
  South Dakota Supreme Court· 2008-04-16· cited 15×
• State v. Roderick
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1979-07-19· cited 15×
• Providence Teachers' Union Local 958 v. City Council of Providence
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2005-12-21· cited 7×
• State v. Young
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2008-01-07· cited 6×
• Wagner v. State
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1985-03-20· cited 6×
• State v. Gil
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1988-06-15· cited 5×
• State v. Strom
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2008-01-07· cited 1×
• State v. Leonardo
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1981-07-03· cited 1×

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• United States v. James Lee Stockwell
  Ninth Circuit· 1973-04-23· cited 125×
• International Union of Operating Engineers v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1973-04-23· cited 116×
• The People v. Bey
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1969-03-27· cited 79×
• State v. Davis
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1966-06-17· cited 46×
• State v. Fortes
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1975-01-10· cited 41×
• State v. Marzilli
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1973-04-16· cited 18×
• BROWN & SHARPE MANUFACTURING COMPANY v. Dean
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1959-05-21· cited 12×
• Suggs v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1969-03-06· cited 11×