State v. Sargent

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding that result obviated need to address remaining arguments
• permitting expert testimony on the possibility of false memory implantation in children through improper and suggestive interview techniques
• permitting expert testimony on the possibility of false memory implantation in children through improper and suggestive interview techniques
• appealing party must demonstrate, in part, that error prejudiced party’s case
• “Instead, we agree with those jurisdictions that find that the proper protocols and techniques used to interview child victim witnesses is a matter not within the knowledge and understanding of the average juror.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

18 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Delbridge
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-09-25· cited 165×
• Jeffrey Washington v. Sunny Schriver, Superintendent, Wallkill Correctional Facility
  Second Circuit· 2001-06-15· cited 161×
• State v. Wells
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2009-12-11· cited 88×
• State v. Wigg
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2005-07-29· cited 24×
• Jeffrey Washington v. Sunny Schriver, Superintendent, Wallkill Correctional Facility
  Second Circuit· 2001-02-14· cited 22×
• State v. Huntley
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 2008-03-07· cited 19×
• State of New Hampshire v. Gregory Collins
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 2014-04-18· cited 15×
• State v. Enderson
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 2002-08-20· cited 14×
• State v. Sargent
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 2002-11-26· cited 13×
• United States v. Leblanc
  Sixth Circuit· 2002-08-28· cited 12×
• State v. Decosta
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 2001-05-09· cited 10×
• State v. Robert D. Critchfield
  Idaho Court of Appeals· 2012-08-27· cited 7×
• State v. Wellington
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 2004-04-20· cited 7×
• State v. Willis
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2002-09-16· cited 5×
• Appeal of New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 2020-05-22
• Commonwealth v. McGinnis, R., Aplt.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2023-12-01
• Wellington v. Warden
  D. New Hampshire· 2005-09-27
• State v. Green
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2026-02-13

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• State v. Swan
  Washington Supreme Court· 1990-06-22· cited 447×
• State v. Michaels
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1994-06-23· cited 230×
• State v. Cressey
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1993-07-15· cited 94×
• State v. Gersin
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1996-08-28· cited 60×
• Barlow v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1998-09-14· cited 42×
• Daniel v. State
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 1996-08-16· cited 27×
• State v. Taylor
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1996-06-03· cited 18×
• State v. Reynolds
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1992-11-04· cited 16×
• State v. Ellis
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1996-01-03· cited 12×
• State v. Searles
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1996-07-24· cited 11×
• Appeal of Barry
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1997-09-18· cited 7×