Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 7/10/1978
State v. Williams
Citations
- 388 A.2d 500
- 1978 Me. LEXIS 945
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- finding it was not error for trial court to allow expert voice identification evidence
- \[t]he clear trend in federal court is toward the admission of expert testimony whenever it will aid the trier of fact.\
- “General scientific acceptance is a proper condition for taking judicial notice of scientific facts . . . .” (quotation marks and emphasis omitted)
- polygraph evidence impinges upon jury's duty of assessing witness credibility
- polygraph evidence impinges upon jury’s duty of assessing witness credibility
- Frye incompatible with state rules identical to Federal Rules
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Judges: Nichols, McKusick, Pomer-Oy, Wernick, Archibald, God-Frey, Delahanty
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61 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- United States v. John W. DowningThird Circuit· 1985-01-25· cited 627×
- Reed v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland· 1978-09-06· cited 224×
- State v. RimmaschUtah Supreme Court· 1989-05-17· cited 202×
- State v. WilliamsOhio Supreme Court· 1983-03-23· cited 167×
- Jefferey Dale Ellis, Administrator of the Estate of Margaret Ann Ellis, Deceased v. International Playtex, Inc., a Delaware CorporationFourth Circuit· 1984-09-25· cited 126×
- Taylor v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma· 1995-01-31· cited 124×
- State v. CataneseSupreme Court of Louisiana· 1979-03-05· cited 95×
- State v. HallSupreme Court of Iowa· 1980-09-17· cited 95×
- State v. DeanWisconsin Supreme Court· 1981-07-06· cited 89×
- Engberg v. MeyerWyoming Supreme Court· 1991-10-17· cited 84×
- People v. YoungMichigan Supreme Court· 1986-08-05· cited 79×
- United States v. Joe Corona ValdezFifth Circuit· 1984-01-03· cited 65×
- Fishback v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado· 1993-04-26· cited 64×
- State v. PhilbrickSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1981-10-27· cited 58×
- Windmere, Inc. v. International InsuranceSupreme Court of New Jersey· 1987-03-19· cited 58×
- State v. TaylorSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1997-04-18· cited 56×
- Brown v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida· 1983-02-08· cited 54×
- United States v. YeeN.D. Ohio· 1991-01-10· cited 54×
- Tolliver v. Department of TransportationSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2008-05-13· cited 52×
- State v. BlackSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1988-02-24· cited 50×
Cites
27 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Frye v. United StatesD.C. Circuit· 1923-12-03· cited 4,204×
- People v. KellyCalifornia Supreme Court· 1976-05-28· cited 668×
- Commonwealth v. TopaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-02-28· cited 215×
- United States v. Herman Franks, (Two Cases). United States of America v. Max Britton, (Two Cases). United States of America v. Boyce MitchellSixth Circuit· 1975-06-23· cited 185×
- United States v. Hayward Leslie BrownSixth Circuit· 1977-08-16· cited 158×
- United States v. Roland Addison, United States of America v. Albert Henry RaymondD.C. Circuit· 1974-06-06· cited 143×
- United States v. Carl Joseph Baller, Jr.Fourth Circuit· 1975-07-09· cited 105×
- People v. TobeyMichigan Supreme Court· 1977-09-20· cited 87×
- Commonwealth v. LykusMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1975-03-27· cited 85×
- United States v. Clyde Winton JenkinsSixth Circuit· 1975-11-12· cited 73×
- People v. KingCalifornia Court of Appeal· 1968-10-10· cited 63×
- State Ex Rel. Trimble v. HedmanSupreme Court of Minnesota· 1971-11-26· cited 49×
- State v. MottramSupreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1962-09-12· cited 46×
- Boeche v. StateNebraska Supreme Court· 1949-05-19· cited 41×
- People v. LawCalifornia Court of Appeal· 1974-06-25· cited 37×
- Worley v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida· 1972-05-19· cited 31×
- State v. AndrettaSupreme Court of New Jersey· 1972-11-13· cited 31×
- United States v. Christopher Russell Kilgus, United States of America v. Thomas Caso, United States of America v. Jeffrey Lee BeckNinth Circuit· 1978-03-20· cited 29×
- State v. CarySupreme Court of New Jersey· 1970-04-21· cited 28×
- Alea v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida· 1972-07-25· cited 27×
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