Williams v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that argument linking homicide with Valentine's Day was improper
• prosecutor may not argue facts or inferences not supported by the evidence
• in order to preserve for appellate consideration allegations of misconduct in a closing argument, the accused must make a timely objection, obtain a ruling, and request an admonition of counsel and an appropriate instruction to the jury

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Evans v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2001-07-24· cited 144×
• Thomas v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2004-02-10· cited 121×
• Lioce v. Cohen
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2008-01-17· cited 103×
• McConnell v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2004-12-29· cited 95×
• Leonard v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1998-12-09· cited 80×
• State v. Smith
  South Dakota Supreme Court· 1999-06-30· cited 74×
• Butler v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2004-12-20· cited 66×
• Witter v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1996-07-22· cited 60×
• Guy v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1992-09-03· cited 60×
• Parker v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1993-04-02· cited 48×
• Miller v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2005-04-28· cited 47×
• Johnson v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2006-12-28· cited 42×
• Leslie v. Warden
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2002-12-18· cited 41×
• Echavarria v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1992-09-03· cited 35×
• Whitehead v. Nevada Commission on Judicial Discipline
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1994-07-26· cited 27×
• Lane v. Second Judicial District Court, Washoe County
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1988-08-29· cited 24×
• Rice v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1997-11-20· cited 23×
• Quillen v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1996-12-20· cited 20×
• Emerson v. Eighth Judicial District Court Ex Rel. County of Clark
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2011-10-06· cited 18×
• Corbin v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1995-03-30· cited 9×

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Escobedo v. Illinois
  Supreme Court· 1964-06-22· cited 5,250×
• Collier v. State of Nevada
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1985-09-05· cited 90×
• McGuire v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1984-03-09· cited 75×
• Moser v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1975-12-30· cited 52×
• Crowe v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1968-05-17· cited 48×
• Dearman v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1977-07-01· cited 45×
• Summers v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1986-05-01· cited 16×
• Pickworth v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1979-08-16· cited 14×
• Jacobs v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1985-08-27· cited 12×
• Buckley v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1979-09-24· cited 7×