State v. Sawyer

How courts have described this case

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

• “Erroneous instructions are ... ground[s] for reversal unless it affirmatively appears from the record as a ivhole that the error was not prejudicial.” (Emphasis added.) (Citation omitted.)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

108 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• State v. Rogan
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1999-10-05· cited 183×
• State v. Nichols
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 2006-08-25· cited 164×
• State v. Wakisaka
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 2003-10-23· cited 91×
• State v. Klinge
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 2000-02-04· cited 86×
• State v. Valdivia
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 2001-06-07· cited 86×
• State v. Pacheco
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 2001-06-06· cited 82×
• State v. Hauge
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 2003-11-26· cited 75×
• State v. Staley
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1999-08-31· cited 74×
• State v. Friedman
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 2000-04-06· cited 71×
• State v. Vanstory
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1999-06-30· cited 70×
• State v. Jones
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 2001-08-30· cited 70×
• State v. Fields
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 2007-10-10· cited 62×
• Shanghai Inv. Co., Inc. v. Alteka Co., Ltd.
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 2000-02-04· cited 61×
• State v. Jess
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 2008-04-04· cited 60×
• State v. Maluia
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 2005-03-24· cited 59×
• State v. Murray
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 2007-10-29· cited 57×
• State v. Kikuta
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 2011-06-08· cited 56×
• State v. Aganon
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 2001-12-20· cited 54×
• State v. Ruggiero
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 2007-06-05· cited 52×
• State v. Sua
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1999-11-08· cited 50×

Cites

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

• Montana v. Egelhoff
  Supreme Court· 1996-06-13· cited 816×
• State v. Arceo
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1996-11-18· cited 364×
• State v. Okumura
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1995-05-04· cited 181×
• Briones v. State
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1993-03-31· cited 150×
• State v. Clark
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1996-10-03· cited 141×
• Tabieros v. Clark Equipment Co.
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1997-09-15· cited 141×
• State v. Holbron
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1995-10-20· cited 136×
• Richardson v. Sport Shinko (Waikiki Corp.)
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1994-08-29· cited 120×
• State v. Fox
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1988-09-01· cited 94×
• State v. Maelega
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1995-12-07· cited 87×
• State v. Kinnane
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1995-06-15· cited 86×
• State v. Kupau
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1994-08-22· cited 84×
• State v. Apao
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1978-11-02· cited 82×
• State v. Moore
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1996-07-17· cited 80×
• State v. Balisbisana
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1996-09-12· cited 74×
• State v. Pinero
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1993-10-18· cited 66×
• State v. Knight
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1996-01-12· cited 62×
• State v. Matias
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1992-11-13· cited 55×
• State v. Sanchez
  Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals· 1996-08-06· cited 53×
• State v. Samuel
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1992-10-22· cited 50×

Other cases named State v. Sawyer

98 other CourtListener records share this case name; the 50 most cited are listed.

• State v. Sawyer
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2006-08-08· cited 94×
• State v. Sawyer
  Montana Supreme Court· 1977-10-18· cited 73×
• State v. Sawyer
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1982-10-18· cited 69×
• State v. Sawyer
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1993-08-31· cited 66×
• State v. Sawyer
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2001-06-13· cited 57×
• State v. Sawyer
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2005-02-25· cited 54×
• State v. Sawyer
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2013-07-26· cited 37×
• State v. Sawyer
  Washington Supreme Court· 1962-05-31· cited 29×
• State v. Sawyer
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1974-02-07· cited 27×
• State v. Sawyer
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1990-01-05· cited 26×
• State v. Sawyer
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1952-02-18· cited 19×
• State v. Sawyer
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1977-09-19· cited 19×
• State v. Sawyer
  Montana Supreme Court· 1924-09-30· cited 19×
• State v. Sawyer
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1963-03-11· cited 18×
• State v. Sawyer
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2020-03-24· cited 17×
• State v. Sawyer
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 2001-11-19· cited 17×
• State v. Sawyer
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2009-06-26· cited 15×
• State v. Sawyer
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 2001-01-19· cited 12×
• State v. Sawyer
  Utah Supreme Court· 1919-04-03· cited 11×
• State v. Sawyer
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1963-05-13· cited 10×
• State v. Sawyer
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2020-12-30· cited 9×
• State v. Sawyer
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1992-09-08· cited 9×
• State v. Sawyer
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2000-03-22· cited 8×
• State v. Sawyer
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1977-06-07· cited 8×
• State v. Sawyer
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1993-10-12· cited 8×
• State v. Sawyer
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 2003-02-04· cited 7×
• State v. Sawyer
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1978-03-10· cited 6×
• State v. Sawyer
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1988-06-07· cited 6×
• State v. Sawyer
  Idaho Supreme Court· 1923-03-31· cited 6×
• State v. Sawyer
  Washington Supreme Court· 1963-04-18· cited 5×
• State v. Sawyer
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 2008-07-23· cited 5×
• State v. Sawyer
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2017-04-11· cited 5×
• State v. Sawyer
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1890-04-28· cited 5×
• State v. Sawyer
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2013-11-05· cited 5×
• State v. Sawyer
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 2025-07-11· cited 5×
• State v. Sawyer
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-05-09· cited 4×
• State v. Sawyer
  Montana Supreme Court· 2019-04-23· cited 4×
• State v. Sawyer
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 2009-11-25· cited 3×
• State v. Sawyer
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 2011-01-07· cited 2×
• State v. Sawyer
  Ohio Supreme Court· 2010-03-16· cited 2×
• State v. Sawyer
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1972-09-11· cited 2×
• State v. Sawyer
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1984-11-27· cited 2×
• State v. Sawyer
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 2018-04-04· cited 2×
• State v. Sawyer
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1992-11-25· cited 2×
• State v. Sawyer
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2014-03-26· cited 2×
• State v. Sawyer
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1984-10-29· cited 2×
• State v. Sawyer
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2025-12-31· cited 2×
• State v. Sawyer
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1975-02-21· cited 1×
• State v. Sawyer
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1967-06-06· cited 1×
• State v. Sawyer
  Washington Supreme Court· 1967-11-02· cited 1×