Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2/17/1983
State v. Smith
Citations
- 456 A.2d 16
- 1983 Me. LEXIS 610
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “The credibility of the participants in the fight was crucial, and the prosecutor’s improper remarks went directly to that issue.”
- “The impropriety of an assertion by the prosecutor conveying his personal view that the defendant has lied or is guilty, is considered serious enough to require an instruction addressed specifically to the improper assertion.”
- involving several prosecutorial statements 'that' the defendant was lying
- involving several prosecutorial statements that the defendant was lying
- involving several prosecutorial statements 'that' the defendant was lying
- involving several prosecutorial statements 'that' the defendant was lying
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Judges: McKusick, Godfrey, Nichols, Roberts, Carter, Violette
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23 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- West v. BellSixth Circuit· 2008-12-18· cited 76×
- State v. DeLongSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1986-02-26· cited 48×
- State v. HindsSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1984-12-11· cited 36×
- State v. HarnishSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1989-06-08· cited 34×
- State v. HebertSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1984-07-02· cited 33×
- State v. SteenSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1993-04-06· cited 24×
- State v. WeisbrodeSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1995-02-01· cited 24×
- State v. SmithSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1984-03-06· cited 21×
- State v. BerkleySupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1989-12-11· cited 20×
- State v. AshleySupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1995-10-20· cited 20×
- State v. TrippSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1994-01-04· cited 18×
- State v. JohnsonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1984-03-02· cited 17×
- State v. ClarkSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2008-08-28· cited 16×
- State v. PendexterSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1985-07-26· cited 15×
- State v. ComerSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1994-06-29· cited 13×
- State of Maine v. Victoria ScottSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2019-07-09· cited 13×
- State v. PineauSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1983-08-05· cited 12×
- State v. MichaudSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2017-08-01· cited 11×
- State v. CasellaSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1993-08-09· cited 5×
- State of Maine v. Kailie BrackettSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2026-02-05· cited 1×
Cites
7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- United States v. Gaetano ModicaSecond Circuit· 1981-10-30· cited 288×
- State v. TrueSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1981-12-17· cited 231×
- United States v. Robert Earl BessSixth Circuit· 1979-04-11· cited 188×
- State v. FarrellSupreme Court of New Jersey· 1972-07-07· cited 125×
- State v. ReillySupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1982-06-28· cited 40×
- United States v. Miguel Gonzalez VargasFirst Circuit· 1977-06-24· cited 32×
- State v. MasonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1979-12-12· cited 19×
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