Whalen v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• admitting \the fact of\ a lie detector test as evidence that the defendant's confession was voluntary
• Prohibiting “the use of the results of a polygraph test without prior agreement of the parties.”
• This holding preserves the rule prohibiting “the use of the results of a polygraph test without prior agreement of the parties.”
• scientific evidence admissible because it satisfied admissibility, relevance and reliability requirements
• Frye not “only criteria” employed to assess admissibility
• felony murder and first-degree rape

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• People v. Melock
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1992-07-30· cited 219×
• Flamer v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1984-09-20· cited 149×
• Capano v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2001-08-10· cited 115×
• Nelson v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1993-07-30· cited 85×
• People v. Young
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1986-08-05· cited 79×
• Fishback v. People
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1993-04-26· cited 64×
• Whalen v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1985-04-12· cited 61×
• Bryan v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1990-03-02· cited 58×
• Traylor v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1983-03-22· cited 58×
• Minner v. American Mortgage & Guaranty Co.
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2000-04-17· cited 54×
• Unnamed case
  Third Circuit· 1995-10-19· cited 50×
• State v. Pennell
  Superior Court of Delaware· 1989-11-06· cited 40×
• Martin v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1981-07-14· cited 40×
• Commonwealth v. Mendes
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1989-12-11· cited 38×
• Pennell v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1991-12-18· cited 34×
• Jones v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1986-08-13· cited 32×
• Fensterer v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1985-05-01· cited 27×
• State v. Sampson
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 1991-03-15· cited 26×
• Bailey v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1984-09-20· cited 25×
• Blankenship v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1982-06-22· cited 24×

Cites

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

• Miranda v. Arizona
  Supreme Court· 1966-06-13· cited 58,288×
• Blockburger v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1931-12-11· cited 10,676×
• Gregg v. Georgia
  Supreme Court· 1976-07-22· cited 7,936×
• Rhode Island v. Innis
  Supreme Court· 1980-05-12· cited 5,571×
• Benton v. Maryland
  Supreme Court· 1969-06-23· cited 4,063×
• North Carolina v. Butler
  Supreme Court· 1979-04-24· cited 2,172×
• Whalen v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1980-04-16· cited 1,789×
• Albernaz v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1981-03-09· cited 1,588×
• Harris v. Oklahoma
  Supreme Court· 1977-06-29· cited 618×
• Jenkins v. Delaware
  Supreme Court· 1969-06-02· cited 222×
• Tague v. Louisiana
  Supreme Court· 1980-01-21· cited 219×
• Commonwealth v. Topa
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-02-28· cited 215×
• Newton v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1977-05-05· cited 189×
• Commonwealth v. Sparrow
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-02-28· cited 134×
• Turner v. Arkansas
  Supreme Court· 1972-06-22· cited 128×
• People v. Berzups
  New York Court of Appeals· 1980-02-20· cited 126×
• State v. Pinder
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1979-07-05· cited 109×
• State v. Thomas
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1972-07-24· cited 104×
• State v. Morgan
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1980-01-15· cited 93×
• State v. Melvin
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1974-05-08· cited 88×