Wright v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• ruling that mistrial was not required when the prosecutor’s improper statement was fleeting and the trial court instructed the jury that the prosecutor’s statement was not evidence
• affirming denial of mistrial where the prosecutor’s improper statement was “fleeting” and the court instructed the jury that the prosecutor’s statement was not evidence
• “To preserve an issue regarding the propriety of a closing argument for appeal, a defendant must do more than simply make a prompt objection to the argument. Defendant must also request an admonishment, and if further relief is desired, defendant must move for a mistrial.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Roush v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2007-11-09· cited 160×
• Stephenson v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2001-01-25· cited 148×
• Wooley v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1999-09-29· cited 145×
• Camm v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2009-06-26· cited 99×
• Flowers v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2000-12-05· cited 86×
• Noojin v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2000-06-27· cited 84×
• Maul v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2000-06-30· cited 83×
• Shane v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1999-09-22· cited 81×
• TRW Vehicle Safety Systems, Inc. v. Moore
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2010-10-13· cited 65×
• Lainhart v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2009-11-23· cited 62×
• Hampton v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1999-10-07· cited 61×
• Oldham v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2002-12-18· cited 59×
• Webster v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1998-08-31· cited 53×
• Dobbins v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1999-12-27· cited 50×
• Haak v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1998-06-26· cited 50×
• Hauk v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2000-06-08· cited 47×
• Sherwood v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1998-12-04· cited 46×
• McCormick v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2004-02-26· cited 44×
• Coleman v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2001-07-05· cited 44×
• Allen v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1999-12-13· cited 44×

Cites

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

• Batson v. Kentucky
  Supreme Court· 1986-04-30· cited 16,401×
• Giglio v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1972-02-24· cited 7,003×
• Napue v. Illinois
  Supreme Court· 1959-06-15· cited 4,234×
• Hernandez v. New York
  Supreme Court· 1991-05-28· cited 4,168×
• Powers v. Ohio
  Supreme Court· 1991-04-01· cited 2,917×
• Loyd v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1980-01-11· cited 405×
• Wright v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1995-11-17· cited 328×
• Lopez v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1988-09-06· cited 145×
• Marshall v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1993-08-31· cited 130×
• Smith v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1996-12-30· cited 110×
• Hester v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1974-08-15· cited 105×
• Newman v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1975-10-03· cited 102×
• Isaacs v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1996-12-04· cited 85×
• Schiro v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1989-02-08· cited 84×
• Edward Garlington v. Michael O'Leary and Neil F. Hartigan
  Seventh Circuit· 1989-07-17· cited 80×
• Fox v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1986-09-05· cited 76×
• Woods v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1989-11-28· cited 73×
• Yamobi v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1996-10-29· cited 71×
• Willoughby v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1996-03-26· cited 63×
• Whittle v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1989-08-31· cited 61×