Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 11/28/2007
State v. Woods
Citations
- 936 A.2d 195
- 2007 R.I. LEXIS 116
- 2007 WL 4179353
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- stating that “[a] credibility determination is particularly within the province of the factfinder” and that such a determination will “not be lightly questioned by this [C]ourt”
- “We do not have the same vantage point as the presiding judge, and we are unable to assess the witness’ demeanor, tone of voice, and body language.”
- deference to hearing justice for credibility determinations because this Court does not have the same vantage point to observe the “witness’ demeanor, tone of voice, and body language”
- “We do not have the same vantage point as the presiding judge, and we are unable to assess the witness’ demeanor, tone of voice, and body language. Our perspective is limited to analyzing words printed on a black and white record.”
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Judges: Williams, Goldberg, Flaherty, Suttell, Robinson
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14 cases in this archive cite this case.
- State v. TexieiraSupreme Court of Rhode Island· 2008-04-03· cited 65×
- State v. DiCarloSupreme Court of Rhode Island· 2010-02-01· cited 41×
- State v. AdefusikaSupreme Court of Rhode Island· 2010-03-02· cited 37×
- State v. EspinalSupreme Court of Rhode Island· 2008-03-28· cited 33×
- State v. JensenSupreme Court of Rhode Island· 2012-04-10· cited 24×
- State v. DeOliveiraSupreme Court of Rhode Island· 2009-06-22· cited 20×
- Dawkins v. SiwickiSupreme Court of Rhode Island· 2011-06-17· cited 14×
- State v. MedeirosSupreme Court of Rhode Island· 2010-06-07· cited 8×
- State v. GonzalezSupreme Court of Rhode Island· 2010-01-13· cited 7×
- STATE v. Anderson PRICE. in Re Anderson PriceSupreme Court of Rhode Island· 2013-05-01· cited 6×
- State v. Michael GiardSupreme Court of Rhode Island· 2017-03-24· cited 4×
- State v. Harold T. DrewSupreme Court of Rhode Island· 2013-11-19· cited 2×
- State v. John QuaweaySupreme Court of Rhode Island· 2014-05-02· cited 1×
- State v. Joel NajeraSupreme Court of Rhode Island· 2019-06-19· cited 1×
Cites
14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- State v. BanachSupreme Court of Rhode Island· 1994-10-27· cited 100×
- State v. MariniSupreme Court of Rhode Island· 1994-03-08· cited 79×
- State v. GomesSupreme Court of Rhode Island· 1997-02-18· cited 70×
- State v. HenshawSupreme Court of Rhode Island· 1989-04-25· cited 69×
- State v. DameSupreme Court of Rhode Island· 1989-06-20· cited 63×
- State v. GirouardSupreme Court of Rhode Island· 1989-07-06· cited 54×
- State v. McGranahanSupreme Court of Rhode Island· 1980-06-20· cited 53×
- State v. BleauSupreme Court of Rhode Island· 1995-12-22· cited 41×
- State v. FirthSupreme Court of Rhode Island· 1998-02-25· cited 34×
- State v. ScurrySupreme Court of Rhode Island· 1994-02-01· cited 26×
- State v. RobbioSupreme Court of Rhode Island· 1987-06-04· cited 22×
- National Labor Relations Board v. Erie Brush and Manufacturing CorporationSeventh Circuit· 2005-05-02· cited 18×
- State v. HornoffSupreme Court of Rhode Island· 2000-10-24· cited 17×
- State v. MessaSupreme Court of Rhode Island· 1991-06-28· cited 2×
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