Williams v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• trial courts may permit jurors to submit written questions of a witness where procedural safeguards are followed
• “We do not discourage trial judges from exercising then- discretion to permit juror questioning, provided they adopt procedures that assure control over the process and avoid the pitfalls that have potential for prejudice.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

11 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Fisher
  Ohio Supreme Court· 2003-06-11· cited 213×
• Commonwealth v. Britto
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2001-03-30· cited 80×
• Molina v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2006-01-10· cited 79×
• State v. Culkin
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 2001-12-06· cited 66×
• United States v. Phyllis Richardson
  Eleventh Circuit· 2000-11-15· cited 49×
• State v. Doleszny
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2004-01-30· cited 21×
• Handy v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2011-10-26· cited 12×
• Ex Parte Malone
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2008-12-19· cited 11×
• Hicks v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2001-07-03· cited 9×
• Hicks v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2000-10-17· cited 7×
• United States v. Phyllis Richardson
  Eleventh Circuit· 2000-11-03

Cites

20 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Edmonson v. Leesville Concrete Co.
  Supreme Court· 1991-06-03· cited 1,403×
• Colgrove v. Battin
  Supreme Court· 1973-06-21· cited 262×
• Traverso v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1988-04-05· cited 199×
• United States v. Cassiere
  First Circuit· 1993-09-16· cited 146×
• Morrison v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1992-12-16· cited 119×
• Justus v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1981-10-16· cited 118×
• United States v. Dan Callahan
  Fifth Circuit· 1979-02-02· cited 97×
• DeBenedetto v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
  Fourth Circuit· 1985-01-16· cited 86×
• State v. Zima
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 1991-04-25· cited 68×
• United States v. Delroy Lewin, A/K/A Tony, United States of America v. Oral Wayne Taylor
  Eighth Circuit· 1990-04-05· cited 55×
• Strouth v. Tennessee
  Supreme Court· 1982-02-22· cited 55×
• State v. Hays
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1994-10-28· cited 50×
• United States v. Gary Bush
  Second Circuit· 1995-02-08· cited 45×
• Cunningham v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1986-05-20· cited 32×
• Deberry v. Young
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1851-04-15· cited 32×
• Gray v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1984-01-20· cited 29×
• Stamp v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1923-06-22· cited 26×
• State v. G. BARRETT
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1982-11-22· cited 19×
• Federal Deposit Insurance v. G. Walter Mapp's
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1946-03-04· cited 8×
• Montgomery v. Bagley
  Sixth Circuit· 2009-09-29· cited 7×