Webster v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that “the patient’s statements are apt to be sincere and reliable because the patient knows that the quality and success of the treatment depends upon the accuracy of the information presented to the physician”
• explaining that a “victim’s statement describing the assault may be admissible . . . even though it was taken and given for dual medical and forensic purposes” so long as “the challenged statement has some value in diagnosis or treatment[.]”
• upholding denial of a motion for mistrial where nearly identical evidence was admitted through a videotaped interview any other testimony
• collecting several cases that approve the admission of hearsay statements by a sexual assault victim given during a forensic interview due to the dual medical and forensic purposes for the examination

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

17 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Payne
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2010-05-06· cited 35×
• State v. Christensen
  Idaho Supreme Court· 2020-02-24· cited 13×
• Coates v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2007-08-30· cited 12×
• State v. Coates
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2008-06-13· cited 11×
• Fields v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2007-02-02· cited 11×
• Winston, Mayhew & Cannon v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2018-02-02· cited 10×
• Griner v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2006-05-25· cited 9×
• People v. Tyme
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2013-04-25· cited 8×
• Lawson v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2005-01-10· cited 7×
• Rutherford v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2004-12-23· cited 6×
• Imes v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2004-08-16· cited 4×
• Davis v. Petito
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2011-02-28· cited 3×
• Williams v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2014-02-26· cited 3×
• Frobouck v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2013-06-06· cited 3×
• State v. Roberts
  Idaho Supreme Court· 2023-04-20· cited 1×
• Curtis v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2023-10-24
• State v. Giovanni D.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2025-12-09

Cites

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

• Danial Siebert v. Alabama
  Supreme Court· 1990-06-28· cited 310×
• Morgan v. Foretich
  Fourth Circuit· 1988-05-17· cited 247×
• Thomas v. Maryland
  Supreme Court· 1985-03-25· cited 119×
• Thomas v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1984-10-31· cited 113×
• Beahm v. Shortall
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1977-02-07· cited 103×
• Collins v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1990-01-10· cited 87×
• Cassidy v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1988-02-03· cited 69×
• Torres v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 1991-04-18· cited 61×
• Rainville v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1992-11-06· cited 55×
• State v. Broberg
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1996-06-11· cited 52×
• State v. Janda
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 1986-12-02· cited 44×
• State v. Bellotti
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 1986-03-04· cited 43×
• Maryland Department of Human Resources v. Bo Peep Day Nursery
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1989-11-13· cited 41×
• Sharp v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1993-03-18· cited 41×
• Burks v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1993-05-26· cited 41×
• Carter v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2001-11-21· cited 41×
• Gregory v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1978-09-06· cited 38×
• State v. Hebert
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1984-07-02· cited 33×
• State v. Dana
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1988-04-15· cited 33×
• Baker v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1993-11-12· cited 33×