State v. Shaffer

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a \mere possibility\ of finding exculpatory evidence following the cremation of a body was insufficient to establish a due process violation
• merging an aggravated robbery conviction with a first-degree murder conviction because \[njo additional facts or separate elements are required to prove aggravated robbery after first degree murder based on the predicate offense of aggravated robbery is shown\
• aggravated robbery merges with aggravated murder where the former is predicate offense offered as sole aggravator sustaining the latter conviction

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• State v. Carter
  Utah Supreme Court· 1989-05-12· cited 271×
• State v. Bishop
  Utah Supreme Court· 1988-02-03· cited 250×
• State v. Nielsen
  Utah Supreme Court· 2014-04-29· cited 147×
• State v. Young
  Utah Supreme Court· 1993-03-17· cited 103×
• State v. Bond
  Utah Supreme Court· 2015-09-30· cited 82×
• State v. Bakalov
  Utah Supreme Court· 1999-05-11· cited 79×
• State v. Fedorowicz
  Utah Supreme Court· 2002-07-19· cited 78×
• State v. Reece
  Utah Supreme Court· 2015-04-14· cited 69×
• State v. Archuleta
  Utah Supreme Court· 1993-03-25· cited 62×
• State v. Bell
  Utah Supreme Court· 1989-11-28· cited 60×
• State v. Ross
  Utah Supreme Court· 2007-11-02· cited 49×
• State v. Wood
  Utah Supreme Court· 1993-12-30· cited 45×
• State v. McCovey
  Utah Supreme Court· 1990-12-18· cited 42×
• Birr v. State
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 1987-11-04· cited 42×
• State v. Ellis
  Utah Supreme Court· 1987-12-29· cited 30×
• State v. Pliego
  Utah Supreme Court· 1999-01-29· cited 28×
• State v. Lopez
  Utah Supreme Court· 2018-02-09· cited 26×
• State v. Germonto
  Utah Supreme Court· 1993-11-15· cited 25×
• State v. Taylor
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 1991-09-12· cited 24×
• State v. Hopkins
  Utah Supreme Court· 1999-10-15· cited 22×

Cites

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

• Brady v. Maryland
  Supreme Court· 1963-05-13· cited 33,902×
• United States v. Agurs
  Supreme Court· 1976-06-24· cited 6,537×
• Witherspoon v. Illinois
  Supreme Court· 1968-06-03· cited 4,818×
• Wainwright v. Witt
  Supreme Court· 1985-01-21· cited 3,997×
• Bumper v. North Carolina
  Supreme Court· 1968-06-03· cited 3,107×
• Taylor v. Louisiana
  Supreme Court· 1975-01-21· cited 2,446×
• Duren v. Missouri
  Supreme Court· 1979-01-09· cited 2,373×
• Adams v. Texas
  Supreme Court· 1980-06-25· cited 1,718×
• Lockhart v. McCree
  Supreme Court· 1986-05-05· cited 1,649×
• Hovey v. Superior Court
  California Supreme Court· 1980-08-28· cited 346×
• State v. Arndt
  Washington Supreme Court· 1976-08-05· cited 245×
• State v. Golladay
  Washington Supreme Court· 1970-05-28· cited 154×
• State v. Coleman
  Montana Supreme Court· 1979-12-19· cited 133×
• State v. Baker
  Utah Supreme Court· 1983-09-21· cited 130×
• Grigsby v. Mabry
  E.D. Arkansas· 1983-08-05· cited 121×
• Codianna v. Morris
  Utah Supreme Court· 1983-03-01· cited 119×
• State v. McCardell
  Utah Supreme Court· 1982-08-27· cited 96×
• State v. Norton
  Utah Supreme Court· 1983-12-29· cited 84×
• State v. Tanner
  Utah Supreme Court· 1983-11-15· cited 67×
• State v. Hill
  Utah Supreme Court· 1983-11-01· cited 61×