Woods v. United States, 415 U.S. 979 (1974). · Go Syfert
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“the remoteness of the possibility that so many infants in the care and custody of defendant would suffer cyanotic episodes and respiratory difficulties if they were not induced by the defendant's wrongdoing . . . would prove the identity of defendant as the wrongdoer”
99 citation events (6 in the last 25 years) across 38 distinct courts.
Strongest positive: Commonwealth v. Honsch (mass, 2024-01-30)
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Top citers, strongest first. 24 distinct citers. How cited ↗
examined Cited as authority (quoted) Commonwealth v. Honsch
Mass. · 2024 · quote attribution · 1 verbatim quote · confidence low
the remoteness of the possibility that so many infants in the care and custody of defendant would suffer cyanotic episodes and respiratory difficulties if they were not induced by the defendant's wrongdoing . . . would prove the identity of defendant as the wrongdoer
discussed Cited "see" State v. Brooks, Unpublished Decision (9-25-2001)
Ohio Ct. App. · 2001 · signal: see · confidence high
See U.S. v. Leight (1987), 818 F.2d 1297 , certiorari denied, 484 U.S. 958 (concluding that evidence of mother's alleged abuse of her two older children was admissible in prosecution of mother for murder of youngest child to show absence of mistake or accident), and U.S. v. Woods (1973), 484 F.2d 127 , 133-135 , certiorari denied (1974), 415 U.S. 979 (concluding that when crime is child abuse, evidence of defendant's alleged abuse of other children admissible to prove that the acts alleged were not accidental).
discussed Cited "see" United States v. Robert Peter Russell
4th Cir. · 1992 · signal: see · confidence high
See United States v. Woods, 484 F.2d 127, 132 (4th Cir.1973) ("Most jurisdictions require proof of (a) death and (b) death by foul . means to establish the corpus delicti of homicide.”), cer t. denied, 415 U.S. 979 , 94 S.Ct. 1566 , 39 L.Ed.2d 875 (1974). 23 .
discussed Cited "see" United States v. Thomas York
7th Cir. · 1991 · signal: see · confidence high
See United States v. Woods, 484 F.2d 127 (4th Cir.1973), cert. denied, 415 U.S. 979 , 94 S.Ct. 1566 , 39 L.Ed.2d 875 (1974) (evidence that nine other children had suffered episodes of cyanosis while in custody of defendant held admissible to prove that defendant killed tenth child “because of the remoteness of the possibility that so many infants in the care and custody of defendant would suffer cyanotic episodes and respiratory difficulties if they were not induced by the defendant’s wrongdoing”).
discussed Cited "see" United States v. Charles v. Gentile
7th Cir. · 1987 · signal: see · confidence high
See United States v. Woods, 484 F.2d 127, 137-38 (4th Cir.1973), cert. denied, 415 U.S. 979 , 94 S.Ct. 1566 , 39 L.Ed.2d 875 (1974); United States v. Friedman, 506 F.2d 511, 517 (8th Cir.1974), cert. denied, 421 U.S. 1004 , 95 S.Ct. 2407 , 44 L.Ed.2d 673 (1975); see also United States v. Magnus, 743 F.2d 517, 524-26 (7th Cir.1984).
cited Cited "see" State v. Shillcutt
Wis. Ct. App. · 1983 · signal: see · confidence high
See United States v. Woods, 484 F.2d 127, 134 (4th Cir. 1973), cert. denied, 415 U.S. 979 (1974).
discussed Cited "see" United States v. Earl Edward Hadaway (2×)
4th Cir. · 1982 · signal: see · confidence high
See my dissent in United States v. Woods, 484 F.2d 127, 140 (4th Cir. 1973), cert. denied, 415 U.S. 979 , 94 S.Ct. 1566 , 39 L.Ed.2d 875 (1974).
discussed Cited "see" United States v. Terry Wayne Denson, Stephen Orlando and Joseph James Janish, Defendants- in Re United States of America (2×)
5th Cir. · 1979 · signal: see · confidence high
See United States v. Woods, 484 F.2d 127, 139 (4th Cir. 1973), Cert. denied, 415 U.S. 979 , 94 S.Ct. 1566 , 39 L.Ed.2d 875 . 9 On May 17, 1978, the Government filed a notice of appeal from the April 17, 1978, order denying its motion to correct sentence.
discussed Cited "see" Piesik v. State
Alaska · 1977 · signal: see · confidence high
See United States v. Woods, 484 F.2d 127, 138 (4th Cir. 1973), cert. denied, 415 U.S. 979 , 94 S.Ct. 1566 , 39 L.Ed.2d 875 (1974); DeSacia v. State, 469 P.2d at 380 .
cited Cited "see" United States v. Ronald F. Calvert
8th Cir. · 1975 · signal: see · confidence high
See United States v. Woods, 484 F.2d 127, 136 (4th Cir. 1973), cert. denied, 415 U.S. 979 , 94 S.Ct. 1566 , 39 L.Ed.2d 875 (1974) (murder), noted in 87 Harv.L.Rev. 1074 (1974).
discussed Cited "see" Eddie Lawrence Phillips v. United States (2×)
4th Cir. · 1974 · signal: see · confidence high
See United States v. Woods, 484 F.2d 127, 134 (4th Cir. 1973), cert. denied, 415 U.S. 979 , 94 S.Ct. 1566 , 39 L.Ed.2d 875 (1974); United States v. Smith, 446 F.2d 200 (4th Cir. 1971). 35 Applying collateral estoppel to retrials like this one will serve none of the purposes of the doctrine, and I believe it will unjustifiably tip the balance in favor of the defendant.
discussed Cited "see, e.g." State v. Leniart
Conn. · 2019 · signal: see also · confidence low
Rev. 389 and n.17 (listing Connecticut as one of only four states to adhere to narrower version of rule); see also United States v. Woods, 484 F.2d 127, 132 (4th Cir. 1973) (describing this view as ‘‘ ‘orthodox’ ’’ but noting that it has not found widespread accep- tance), cert. denied, 415 U.S. 979 , 94 S. Ct. 1566 , 39 L.
discussed Cited "see, e.g." State v. Leniart
Conn. · 2019 · signal: see also · confidence low
Rev. 389 and n.17 (listing Connecticut as one of only four states to adhere to narrower version of rule); see also United States v. Woods, 484 F.2d 127, 132 (4th Cir. 1973) (describing this view as ‘‘ ‘orthodox’ ’’ but noting that it has not found widespread accep- tance), cert. denied, 415 U.S. 979 , 94 S. Ct. 1566 , 39 L.
cited Cited "see, e.g." Copen v. House
4th Cir. · 1994 · signal: see, e.g. · confidence low
See, e.g., Morgan, 846 F.2d at 944 -45 (citing United States v. Woods, 484 F.2d 127 (4th Cir.1973), cert. denied, 415 U.S. 979 (1974)).
discussed Cited "see, e.g." Lannan v. State (2×)
Ind. · 1992 · signal: see also · confidence low
See also United States v. Woods, 484 F.2d 127, 135 (4th Cir.1973), cert. denied, 415 U.S. 979 , 94 S.Ct. 1566 , 39 L.Ed.2d 875 (1974).
cited Cited "see, e.g." United States v. Paul Espinoza Hernandez and Juan Carlos Lamelas
5th Cir. · 1988 · signal: compare · confidence low
Compare United States v. Davis, 7 Cir. 1973, 486 F.2d 725, 727 , cert. denied, 1974, 415 U.S. 979 , 94 S.Ct. 1569 , 39 L.Ed.2d 876 .
cited Cited "see, e.g." Getz v. State
Del. · 1988 · signal: see, e.g. · confidence low
See, e.g., United States v. Woods, 4th Cir., 484 F.2d 127 (1973), cert. denied 415 U.S. 979 , 94 S.Ct. 1566 , 39 L.Ed.2d 875 (1974).
discussed Cited "see, e.g." United States v. Lawrence Lewis, Jr.
9th Cir. · 1988 · signal: see also · confidence low
See Hooton, 662 F.2d at 634-35 (admitting evidence of a prior act where lack of intent will be raised as a defense); see also United States v. Woods, 484 F.2d 127, 133-34 (4th Cir.) (finding that prior injuries to a child were relevant in proving the defendant’s intent and the absence of accident), cert. denied, 415 U.S. 979 , 94 S.Ct. 1566 , 39 L.Ed.2d 875 (1974); United States v. Harris, 661 F.2d 138 (10th Cir.1981) (same).
discussed Cited "see, e.g." People v. Sims
N.Y. App. Div. · 1985 · signal: see also · confidence low
The admission of such evidence, the court noted, “is especially warranted in cases such as the one before us, where the crime charged has occurred in the privacy of the home and the facts are not easily unraveled” (People v Henson, supra, at p 72 ; People v McNeeley, supra, at p 211 ; see also, United States v Woods, 484 F2d 127, cert denied 415 US 979 ; State v Silva, 153 Me 89, 98-99, 134 A2d 628 ).
discussed Cited "see, e.g." United States v. Joel Beltran-Nunez (2×)
5th Cir. · 1983 · signal: compare · confidence low
Compare United States v. Davis, 7 Cir. 1973, 486 F.2d 725, 727 , cert. denied, 1974, 415 U.S. 979 , 94 S.Ct. 1569 , 39 L.Ed.2d 876 .
cited Cited "see, e.g." United States v. Alan Parker
4th Cir. · 1983 · signal: see also · confidence low
See also United States v. Woods, 484 F.2d 127 (4th Cir.1973), cert. denied, 415 U.S. 979 , 94 S.Ct. 1566 , 39 L.Ed.2d 875 (1974).
discussed Cited "see, e.g." State v. Cott
Iowa · 1979 · signal: see, e.g. · confidence low
See, e. g., United States v. Woods, 484 F.2d 127, 133,135 (4th Cir. 1973), cert. denied, 415 U.S. 979 , 94 S.Ct. 1566 , 39 L.Ed.2d 875 (1974); McDaniel, 265 N.W.2d at 921 ; McCormick, supra, § 190, at 453.
cited Cited "see, e.g." United States v. Damian Pena Benavides
5th Cir. · 1979 · signal: compare · confidence low
Compare United States v. Davis, 7 Cir. 1973, 486 F.2d 725, 727 , cert. denied, 1974, 415 U.S. 979 , 94 S.Ct. 1569 , 39 L.Ed.2d 876 .
cited Cited "see, e.g." Worthen v. State
Md. Ct. Spec. App. · 1979 · signal: see, e.g. · confidence low
See, e.g., United States v. Woods, 484 F. 2d 127, 133 (4th Cir. 1973), cert. denied, 415 U. S. 979 (1974).
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Woods
v.
United States
No. 73-5711.
Supreme Court of the United States.
Mar 18, 1974.
415 U.S. 979

C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.