Washington v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• “In order to warrant a mistrial, the prejudice to the accused must be real or substantial; a mistrial should never be declared for light or transient reasons.”
• “[T]rial courts retain wide latitude … to impose reasonable limits 26 on [] cross-examination based on concerns about, among other things, harassment, prejudice, confusion of the issues, the witness’ safety, or interrogation that is repetitive or only marginally relevant.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

18 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Clark v. Prince George's County
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2013-05-02· cited 28×
• Correll v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2013-12-19· cited 15×
• Wagner v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2013-09-04· cited 13×
• Norton v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2014-06-24· cited 7×
• Shelton v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2012-09-05· cited 7×
• Montague v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2019-12-23· cited 6×
• Molter v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2011-09-07· cited 5×
• Anderson v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2016-03-30· cited 4×
• Bradley v. Bradley
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2012-11-27· cited 3×
• Payne v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2013-02-27· cited 3×
• Richmond v. DISTRICT COURT OF MARYLAND
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2010-03-05· cited 1×
• Jordan v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2020-07-14· cited 1×
• Morten v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2019-09-04
• Georges v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2021-09-30
• Campbell v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2019-12-18
• Rosales v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2019-04-17
• Crawford v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2025-05-05
• State v. Thornton & Dunbar
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2026-06-26

Cites

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

• Strickland v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 123,578×
• Crawford v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 2004-03-08· cited 14,756×
• Delaware v. Van Arsdall
  Supreme Court· 1986-04-07· cited 7,102×
• Davis v. Alaska
  Supreme Court· 1974-02-27· cited 5,953×
• United States v. Sisson
  Supreme Court· 1970-06-29· cited 388×
• Dunlop v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1897-02-15· cited 337×
• Hunt v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1990-12-28· cited 176×
• Merzbacher v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1997-07-28· cited 144×
• Klauenberg v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1999-08-25· cited 143×
• Johnson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1982-01-07· cited 143×
• Conyers v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1999-05-17· cited 137×
• State v. Hawkins
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1992-04-13· cited 132×
• State v. Snowden
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2005-02-07· cited 113×
• Oken v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1996-06-13· cited 110×
• Prout v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1988-01-07· cited 105×
• Ware v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1997-11-18· cited 104×
• Walter v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2008-10-01· cited 101×
• Ellsworth v. Sherne Lingerie, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1985-07-12· cited 99×
• Henry v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1991-10-11· cited 91×
• Hoey v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1988-02-05· cited 83×