United States v. Van Syoc

How courts have described this case

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

• “[T]he error was prejudicial because it deprived the defense of an instruction on their theory of the case.” Emphasis added.
• the defense of accident raised by the testimony of the accused’s wife and another who described the accused’s innocent explanation for the baby’s injuries
• duty to instruct arises when “some evidence” is presented raising the issue
• failure to instruct on defense theory of the case prejudicial error

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

14 cases in this archive cite this case.

• United States v. Meeks
  United States Court of Military Appeals· 1994-09-30· cited 56×
• United States v. McMonagle
  United States Court of Military Appeals· 1993-09-27· cited 23×
• United States v. Forney
  Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces· 2009-03-26· cited 21×
• United States v. Curry
  United States Court of Military Appeals· 1993-09-27· cited 20×
• United States v. Arnold
  U S Air Force Court of Military Review· 1994-07-20· cited 17×
• United States v. Perry
  Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces· 1998-07-09· cited 13×
• United States v. Jenkins
  Army Court of Criminal Appeals· 2004-04-14· cited 11×
• United States v. Weinmann
  U S Air Force Court of Military Review· 1993-06-24· cited 4×
• United States v. Kirk
  U S Coast Guard Court of Criminal Appeals· 1994-11-10· cited 4×
• United States v. Davis
  Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals· 1997-02-21· cited 3×
• United States v. Guron
  U S Air Force Court of Military Review· 1993-07-16· cited 3×
• United States v. Birdsong
  U.S. Army Court of Military Review· 1994-08-03· cited 3×
• United States v. Brown
  Army Court of Criminal Appeals· 2006-08-14· cited 2×
• United States v. Davis
  Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals· 1999-04-27· cited 1×

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• United States v. Mance
  United States Court of Military Appeals· 1988-07-18· cited 121×
• United States v. Steinruck
  United States Court of Military Appeals· 1981-08-10· cited 61×
• United States v. Jackson
  United States Court of Military Appeals· 1981-12-14· cited 46×
• United States v. Ferguson
  United States Court of Military Appeals· 1983-02-14· cited 25×
• United States v. Landrum
  United States Court of Military Appeals· 1954-10-01· cited 23×
• United States v. Staten
  United States Court of Military Appeals· 1979-04-02· cited 18×
• United States v. Buckley
  United States Court of Military Appeals· 1992-09-24· cited 13×