Watson v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that accomplice testimony “should be regarded with great suspicion and caution” because an accomplice may be incentivized to “shield himself from punishment” by blaming another or seek “clemency by turning State’s evidence”
• stating that accomplice testimony “should be regarded with great suspicion and caution” because an accomplice may be incentivized to “shield himself from punishment” by blaming another or seek “clemency by turning State’s evidence”
• stating that accomplice testimony “should be regarded with great suspicion and caution” because an accomplice may be incentivized to “shield himself from punishment” by blaming another or seek “clemency by turning State’s evidence”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• State v. Wolery
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1976-06-02· cited 520×
• Keeler v. Superior Court
  California Supreme Court· 1970-06-12· cited 360×
• State v. Hawkins
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1992-04-13· cited 132×
• Lewis v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1979-08-27· cited 116×
• Basoff v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1977-10-01· cited 102×
• Boone v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1968-01-24· cited 88×
• Boone v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1967-09-28· cited 80×
• Felkner v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1958-11-24· cited 77×
• Ayers v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1994-07-21· cited 72×
• Woods v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1989-04-10· cited 66×
• Agresti v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1967-10-27· cited 66×
• State v. Raines
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1992-05-14· cited 66×
• Seidman v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1962-12-28· cited 64×
• Wright v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1959-04-20· cited 56×
• Nolan v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1957-05-09· cited 53×
• Brown v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1977-10-26· cited 51×
• State v. Foster
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1971-11-11· cited 48×
• Johnson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1961-12-06· cited 43×
• Coleman v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1956-03-15· cited 43×
• Fabian v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1964-06-19· cited 42×