Wheat v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• “limited use of expert testimony ... is appropriate to assist the finder of fact... in evaluating the psychological dynamics and resulting behavior patterns of alleged victims of child abuse, where the child’s behavior is not within the common experience of the average juror”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• State v. Edward Charles L.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1990-09-21· cited 2,400×
• State v. Foret
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1993-12-07· cited 406×
• State v. Alberico
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1993-08-30· cited 297×
• Duckett v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1990-10-10· cited 294×
• People v. Taylor
  New York Court of Appeals· 1990-02-13· cited 265×
• Getz v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1988-02-29· cited 204×
• State v. Rimmasch
  Utah Supreme Court· 1989-05-17· cited 202×
• State of Iowa v. Patrick Michael Dudley
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2014-12-05· cited 197×
• People v. Beckley
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1990-06-05· cited 182×
• State v. Spigarolo
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1989-03-14· cited 159×
• Steward v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1995-06-23· cited 116×
• Capano v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2001-08-10· cited 115×
• People v. Wilson
  California Court of Appeals, 5th District· 2019-03-27· cited 80×
• State v. Castro
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1988-05-20· cited 66×
• Downer v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1988-06-22· cited 61×
• Eskin v. Carden
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2004-02-13· cited 57×
• State v. J.Q.
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1991-11-14· cited 52×
• Hecksher v. Fairwinds Baptist Church, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2015-05-21· cited 49×
• Ray v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1991-02-21· cited 45×
• State v. Newman
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1989-10-17· cited 43×

Cites

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

• State v. Petrich
  Washington Supreme Court· 1984-05-17· cited 556×
• State v. Middleton
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1983-01-18· cited 320×
• People v. Bledsoe
  California Supreme Court· 1984-06-14· cited 291×
• State v. Myers
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1984-12-21· cited 253×
• State v. Saldana
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1982-08-31· cited 204×
• State v. Moran
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1986-11-19· cited 189×
• Ibn-Tamas v. United States
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1979-10-15· cited 186×
• State v. Myers
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1986-02-19· cited 184×
• State v. Lindsey
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1986-06-26· cited 175×
• State v. Taylor
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1984-01-17· cited 170×
• Commonwealth v. Seese
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-11-17· cited 168×
• State v. Haseltine
  Court of Appeals of Wisconsin· 1984-06-19· cited 157×
• Allison v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1987-03-17· cited 123×
• Bailey v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1987-03-03· cited 118×
• State v. Kim
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1982-05-27· cited 112×
• State v. Geyman
  Montana Supreme Court· 1986-12-09· cited 73×
• People v. Roscoe
  California Court of Appeal· 1985-06-04· cited 73×
• People v. Dunnahoo
  California Court of Appeal· 1984-02-29· cited 65×
• People v. Benjamin R.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1984-11-07· cited 60×
• Commonwealth v. Baldwin
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-12-06· cited 59×