Townsend v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that it is improper to directly characterize alleged victim's testimony as either truthful or false
• holding that it is improper to directly characterize alleged victim’s testimony as either truthful or false
• recognizing that expert testimony may have a corroborative effect on the complaining witness’s testimony
• recognizing that expert testimony may have a corroborative effect on the complaining witness's testimony
• noting that expert opinion that invaded the jury's province, such as testimony concerning the victim's credibility and weighing of the evidence, was improper, although harmless error under the circumstances of the case
• noting that an expert may give an opinion on issues that embrace the ultimate issue to be decided by the trier of fact so long as it is within scope of expertise

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• State v. Edward Charles L.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1990-09-21· cited 2,400×
• State v. Boston
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1989-10-25· cited 497×
• Yount v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1993-12-08· cited 477×
• State v. Alberico
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1993-08-30· cited 297×
• United States v. Wayne Lewis Charley
  Tenth Circuit· 1999-08-27· cited 221×
• State v. Rimmasch
  Utah Supreme Court· 1989-05-17· cited 202×
• Steward v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1995-06-23· cited 116×
• State v. Hester
  Idaho Supreme Court· 1988-07-21· cited 110×
• Aekins v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2014-10-22· cited 101×
• State v. J.Q.
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1993-01-06· cited 98×
• Yamaha Motor Co., U.S.A. v. Arnoult
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1998-02-26· cited 94×
• Tingle v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1988-12-01· cited 93×
• Gaxiola v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2005-09-22· cited 80×
• State v. Catanio
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2004-12-29· cited 75×
• Goodson v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1990-07-11· cited 74×
• State v. Chauvin
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 2003-05-20· cited 73×
• Broderick v. King's Way Assembly of God Church
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1991-03-29· cited 68×
• Robins v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1990-09-19· cited 68×
• McCafferty v. Solem
  South Dakota Supreme Court· 1989-12-13· cited 63×
• Braunstein v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2002-02-13· cited 55×

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Chapman v. California
  Supreme Court· 1967-03-27· cited 23,069×
• State v. Middleton
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1983-01-18· cited 320×
• State v. Myers
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1984-12-21· cited 253×
• Spillers v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1968-01-04· cited 62×
• Smith v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1984-10-04· cited 56×
• Porter v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1978-03-22· cited 39×
• Deeds v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1981-04-10· cited 27×
• Sanders v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1980-04-09· cited 15×
• Martin v. Sheriff, Clark County
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1972-05-05· cited 13×
• Wicker v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1979-11-30· cited 12×
• Pasgove v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1982-09-30· cited 9×

Other cases named Townsend v. State

204 other CourtListener records share this case name; the 50 most cited are listed.

• Townsend v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1968-04-24· cited 110×
• Townsend v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1994-04-18· cited 106×
• Townsend v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1986-10-21· cited 61×
• Townsend v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1991-10-02· cited 60×
• Townsend v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1972-11-22· cited 48×
• Townsend v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1996-08-01· cited 48×
• Townsend v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1989-02-14· cited 48×
• Townsend v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2007-02-07· cited 30×
• Townsend v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1992-02-10· cited 28×
• Townsend v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1828-05-09· cited 27×
• Townsend v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1992-08-05· cited 26×
• Townsend v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1984-03-05· cited 25×
• Townsend v. State
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 2002-06-27· cited 25×
• Townsend v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1987-03-17· cited 24×
• Townsend v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 1997-05-21· cited 24×
• Townsend v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2003-06-05· cited 23×
• Townsend v. State
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1992-02-24· cited 23×
• Townsend v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1982-09-08· cited 22×
• Townsend v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2003-08-20· cited 22×
• Townsend v. State
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 2013-08-07· cited 20×
• Townsend v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2001-12-21· cited 16×
• Townsend v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1981-06-30· cited 16×
• Townsend v. State
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1998-07-30· cited 16×
• Townsend v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2001-08-08· cited 16×
• Townsend v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1981-04-13· cited 16×
• Townsend v. State
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1974-07-17· cited 15×
• Townsend v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2002-09-26· cited 15×
• Townsend v. State
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 2006-10-26· cited 15×
• Townsend v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2006-03-16· cited 15×
• Townsend v. State
  Montana Supreme Court· 1987-06-17· cited 14×
• Townsend v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2010-08-23· cited 14×
• Townsend v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1999-02-04· cited 13×
• Townsend v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1992-08-28· cited 13×
• Townsend v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1989-11-22· cited 13×
• Townsend v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1993-11-10· cited 13×
• Townsend v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1936-11-25· cited 13×
• Townsend v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1987-05-11· cited 13×
• Townsend v. State
  Texas Supreme Court· 1874-07-01· cited 12×
• Townsend v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1967-04-04· cited 12×
• Townsend v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1996-11-21· cited 11×
• Townsend v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2006-10-12· cited 10×
• Townsend v. State
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1987-10-06· cited 10×
• Townsend v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1912-01-15· cited 10×
• Townsend v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2002-01-16· cited 9×
• Townsend v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2006-06-16· cited 9×
• Townsend v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1993-06-29· cited 9×
• Townsend v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1893-12-18· cited 9×
• Townsend v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1977-03-15· cited 8×
• Townsend v. State
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1993-03-23· cited 8×
• Townsend v. State
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 2009-06-18· cited 8×