State v. Thompson

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that prosecution’s statements speculating about the crime and the state of mind of the victims were improper
• holding that “the evidence of guilt is so overwhelming that a simple review of the facts substantiated by the evidence spins out a web of guilt more persuasive than anything that could be added through the prosecutor’s inappropriate [statements concerning O.J. Simpson]”
• concluding that remarks that contained pure speculation without factual basis were improper
• holding, under a “totality of the circumstances” test, that police obtained consent from a person with apparent authority
• holding, without deference to the district court, that police obtained consent to search from someone with apparent authority
• holding that “the evidence of guilt is so overwhelming that a simple review of the facts substantiated by the evidence spins out a web of guilt more persuasive than anything that could be added through the prosecutor’s inappropriate [statements concerning O.J. Simpson]”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• People v. Evans
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2004-03-18· cited 785×
• State v. Taylor
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 2002-08-30· cited 115×
• State v. Bradford
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 2000-10-25· cited 78×
• Barnes v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2002-12-19· cited 66×
• Commonwealth v. Rogers
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2005-05-16· cited 60×
• State v. Licari
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 2003-04-17· cited 57×
• State v. Gail
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 2006-05-18· cited 45×
• State v. Bailey
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 2004-03-18· cited 45×
• State v. Costello
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 2002-06-13· cited 38×
• State v. Pearson
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 2009-11-25· cited 36×
• State v. Boldman
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 2012-04-18· cited 21×
• Tracht v. Commissioner of Public Safety
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 1999-04-20· cited 13×
• State v. Perkins
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1999-01-14· cited 10×
• Grindle v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2013-08-27· cited 8×
• Commonwealth v. Lopez
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2009-08-13· cited 4×
• State v. Kouba
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 2006-02-07· cited 3×
• State v. Wilson
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 2017-08-16· cited 3×
• Thompson v. State
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 2005-02-10· cited 2×
• State v. McMillan
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 2010-11-12· cited 2×
• State v. Dotson
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 2017-07-17· cited 2×

Cites

17 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Terry v. Ohio
  Supreme Court· 1968-06-10· cited 37,942×
• Schneckloth v. Bustamonte
  Supreme Court· 1973-05-29· cited 11,783×
• Payton v. New York
  Supreme Court· 1980-04-15· cited 7,618×
• Illinois v. Rodriguez
  Supreme Court· 1990-06-21· cited 2,581×
• Florida v. Jimeno
  Supreme Court· 1991-05-23· cited 2,277×
• Minnesota v. Olson
  Supreme Court· 1990-04-18· cited 1,715×
• State v. Wahlberg
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1980-08-08· cited 202×
• State v. Juarez
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1997-12-18· cited 141×
• State v. Porter
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1995-01-13· cited 97×
• State v. Jones
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1996-10-31· cited 86×
• State v. Hummel
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1992-04-17· cited 67×
• United States v. Elmer Curtis Turbyfill
  Eighth Circuit· 1975-10-29· cited 62×
• State v. Olson
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1989-02-24· cited 48×
• State v. Roberts
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1973-06-15· cited 46×
• State v. Hanley
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1985-02-15· cited 38×
• State v. Johnson
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1982-08-31· cited 22×
• State v. Byers
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1997-11-20· cited 21×