State v. Torres

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that prosecutorial 37 A-1449-12T4 misconduct resulting in a mistrial did not warrant dismissal of the defendant's indictment
• recognizing that a new trial will be required in such instances, even in the absence of bad faith, because there are means through which the prosecutor could have avoided the risk
• “A prosecutor is not simply another lawyer who happens to represent the state. Because of the overwhelming power vested in his office, his obligation to play fair is every bit as compelling as his responsibility to protect the public.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

17 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Wakefield
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 2007-05-07· cited 284×
• State v. Walden
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 2004-07-06· cited 54×
• State v. Ruffin
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 2004-07-27· cited 40×
• State v. Carreker
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 2002-05-14· cited 39×
• State v. Thomas
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2002-04-15· cited 33×
• State v. Clark
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 2002-02-07· cited 29×
• State v. Harvey
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 2003-01-15· cited 25×
• State of New Jersey v. Ivonne Saavedra
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 2013-12-24· cited 19×
• State of New Jersey v. Martell J. Land
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 2014-03-18· cited 19×
• In Re Zawada
  Arizona Supreme Court· 2004-07-01· cited 14×
• State v. Muhannad
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 2013-09-20· cited 11×
• State v. Colon
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 2005-01-11· cited 11×
• Price v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2004-09-08· cited 8×
• State v. Veney
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 2009-08-25· cited 7×
• People v. August
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2016-04-21· cited 1×
• State v. Carey R. Greene State v. Tyleek A. Lewis (082536) (Burlington County and Statewide)
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 2020-06-23
• STATE OF NEW JERSEY VS. ADRIENNE N. SMITH AND ORVILLE COUSINS (17-08-1176, BERGEN COUNTY AND STATEWIDE)
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 2020-12-31

Cites

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

• North Carolina v. Pearce
  Supreme Court· 1969-06-23· cited 7,763×
• Green v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1957-12-16· cited 3,075×
• Arizona v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1978-02-21· cited 2,314×
• Oregon v. Kennedy
  Supreme Court· 1982-05-24· cited 2,097×
• Alabama v. Smith
  Supreme Court· 1989-06-12· cited 1,589×
• Wade v. Hunter
  Supreme Court· 1949-04-25· cited 1,511×
• United States v. Dinitz
  Supreme Court· 1976-03-08· cited 1,492×
• State v. Roth
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1984-02-07· cited 1,201×
• Downum v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1963-04-22· cited 985×
• State v. Kennedy
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1983-07-06· cited 519×
• Bauder v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1996-05-08· cited 442×
• State v. Frost
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1999-04-15· cited 360×
• State v. Johnson
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1975-10-08· cited 338×
• State v. Hunt
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1982-08-18· cited 319×
• State v. Alston
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1981-10-21· cited 275×
• Pool v. Superior Court
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1984-01-04· cited 270×
• State v. Leonardis
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1977-05-31· cited 268×
• Commonwealth v. Smith
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-09-18· cited 264×
• State v. Hempele
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1990-07-17· cited 216×
• State v. Krol
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1975-08-04· cited 213×