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  • Brown v. Commonwealth

    86 Va. 466 · Supreme Court of Virginia · Jan 16, 1890

    Justice Story, in United States v. … Law. (7th ed.), sec. 697; Preston v. State, 25 Miss., 383 ; Murphy v. State, 31 Ind., 511 ; Stokes v. State, 18 Ga., 17 ; Commonwealth v. Witter, 2 Brews., 388 ; People v. Milgate, 5 Cal., 127 ; State v.

    Cited 37 timesPublished
  • Brown v. State

    672 S.W.2d 487 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · Jul 18, 1984

    The conviction was affirmed by the Court of Appeals for the Second Supreme Judicial District in Brown v. State, 659 S.W.2d 499 (Tex.App.—Fort Worth 1983). … Passmore v. State, 617 S.W.2d 682 (Tex.Cr.App.1981); Rodriguez v. State, 521 S.W.2d 80 (Tex.Cr.App.1974); Edwards v. State, 427 S.W.2d 629 (Tex.Cr.App.1968).

    Cited 193 timesPublished
  • State v. Brown

    301 Or. 268 · Oregon Supreme Court · Jul 1, 1986

    State v. Brown, 72 Or App 342, 347 , 695 P2d 1383 (1985). The Court of Appeals rejected the idea, as it had in previous cases, State v. Martin, 71 Or App 1,6 , 691 P2d *273 154 (1984); State v. … As we said in State v. Greene, supra, and State v.

    Overruled by State v. McCarthy, 369 Or. 129 (2021)Cited 125 timesPublished
  • Brown v. Cole

    155 Tex. 624 · Texas Supreme Court · Mar 28, 1956

    Fowler v. Hults, 138 Texas 636 , 161 S.W. 2d 478 ; Lewis v. Davis, 145 Texas 468 , 199 S.W. 2d 146 . The fact that Brown also became a purchaser and a participant does not ipso facto prevent his being a seller. … Lewis v. Bicker, 235 Mich. 656 , 209 N.W. 832 ; Chambers v. Beckwith, 247 Mich. 255 , 225 N.W. 605 ; Thompson v. Cain, 226 Mich. 609 , 198 N.W. 249 .

    Cited 116 timesPublished
  • Brown v. . Montgomery

    20 N.Y. 287 · New York Court of Appeals · Dec 5, 1859

    The plaintiffs’ counsel argued that, according to the case of Nichols v. Pinner ( 18 N.

    Cited 31 timesPublished
  • Brown v. M'Cormick

    6 Watts 60 · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · May 15, 1837

    On the 16th of November 1797, Uriah Brown, David Brown, and Mercer Brown, under whom the plaintiff^ claim, made a deed, including the same premises, to Robert M’Connel, the grantor above named. … The counsel for the plaintiff in error, relies on Chew v.

    Cited 10 timesPublished
  • Brown v. State

    617 S.W.2d 234 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · Jun 10, 1981

    See Downey v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 505 S.W.2d 907 (1974); Sims v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 502 S.W.2d 730 (1973); *237 Palmer v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 475 S.W.2d 797 (1972); Boothe v. … See, however, Parish v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 523 S.W.2d 665 (1975); and Shelton v.

    Cited 114 timesPublished
  • Brown v. McGinnis

    10 N.Y.2d 531 · New York Court of Appeals · Jan 25, 1962

    Petitioner Brown, an inmate of Green Haven Prison, instituted an article 78 proceeding in the nature of mandamus to compel respondent, the Commissioner of Correction of the State of New York, to permit petitioner free exercise … (Cantwell v.

    Cited 41 timesPublished
  • Mullen v. Brown

    138 Mass. 114 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Nov 6, 1884

    Coupal v. Ward, 106 Mass. 289 . Exceptions overruled.

    Cited 14 timesPublished
  • State v. Brown

    606 N.W.2d 670 · Supreme Court of Minnesota · Feb 24, 2000

    On appeal, the court of appeals concluded that the district court did not abuse its discretion when it refused to allow Brown to withdraw his guilty plea. See State v. Brown, 1995 WL 46258 , at *1 (Minn.App. … Perkins v. State, 559 N.W.2d 678, 688 (Minn.1997). The voluntariness requirement insures that a guilty plea is not entered because of any “improper pressures or inducements.” Brown v.

    Cited 64 timesPublished
  • Opdenwyer v. Brown

    155 La. 617 · Supreme Court of Louisiana · Jan 28, 1924

    Brown, (3) That the boundary line between the properties of petitioner and said O. W. Brown has not been (correctly?) established and marked and located by and between petitioner and said Brown. … In Buisson v.

    Cited 88 timesPublished
  • Brown v. State

    414 P.3d 660 · Alaska Supreme Court · Mar 30, 2018

    See Wetherhorn v. Alaska Psychiatric Institute , 156 P.3d 371 , 384 (Alaska 2007) ; Barry v. State , 675 P.2d 1292 , 1295 (Alaska App. 1984). Cf. Lindeman v. … See Kaiser v.

    Cited 18 timesPublished
  • Brown v. Leonard

    86 Ohio St. 3d 593 · Ohio Supreme Court · Sep 29, 1999

    Russell v. Mitchell (1999), 84 Ohio St.3d 328, 329 , 703 N.E.2d 1249, 1249-1250 ; Heddleston v. Mack (1998), 84 Ohio St.3d 213 , 702 N.E.2d 1198 . … Further, Brown waived the additional claims he raises in this appeal, e.g., ineffective assistance of counsel, by failing to raise them below, and such claims are also not cognizable in habeas corpus. State ex rel.

    Cited 18 timesPublished
  • Brown v. . Nichols

    42 N.Y. 26 · New York Court of Appeals · Mar 21, 1870

    (Storm v. Waddell, 2 Sand. Chan., 494.) The property then passes to the personal representatives charged with this lien. … This rule is based not entirely upon the law of agency, but upon reasons of policy and justice which are discussed in the case of Denton v. Noyes ( 6 John., 296 ), and by Judge Woodruff, in Hamilton v. Wright (37 N.

    Cited 67 timesPublished
  • Commonwealth v. Brown

    121 Mass. 69 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Oct 20, 1876

    Ricker v. Cutter, 8 Gray, 248 . Krebs v. Oliver, 12 Gray, 239 . Smith v. Faulkner, 12 Gray, 251 . … Brown v. Pease, 104 Mass. 291, 308 .

    Cited 81 timesPublished
  • Wormser v. . Brown

    149 N.Y. 163 · New York Court of Appeals · Apr 7, 1896

    (Jerome v. R oss, 7 Johns. Ch. 315 ; T. & B. R. R. Co. v. B., H. T. & W. Ry. Co., 86 N. Y. 107, 123 ; Shepard v. M. R. Co., 131 N. Y. 215 ; Doyle v. M. E. R. Co., 136 N. Y. 505, 511 ; Bookman v. N. Y. … (McHenry v. Jewett, 90 N. Y. 58 ; Health Department v. Purdon , 99 id. 237 ; Jeffers v. Jeffers, 107 id. 650; Genet v. D. & H. C. Co., 122 id. 505 ; Thomas v. M. Mutual Protective Union, 121 id. 45; MacLaury v.

    Cited 48 timesPublished
  • Brown v. State

    23 Tex. 195 · Texas Supreme Court · Jul 1, 1859

    So that considered, at the time the affidavit was offered to obtain a continuance, or with reference to the evidence on a motion for a new trial, under the rule laid down in the case of Cooper v. … It will suffice to say, that a train of circumstances have been indisputably established, which lead the mind irresistibly to the conclusion, that a murder has been committed, and that Brown is the guilty perpetrator of it

    Cited 35 timesPublished
  • State v. Brown

    190 N.J. 144 · Supreme Court of New Jersey · Apr 17, 2007

    This Court subsequently addressed a similar issue in State v. Brown. … Prior to Brown, this Court approved the admissibility of prearrest silence to impeach the defendant’s testimony at trial in State v.

    Cited 45 timesPublished
  • Brown v. State

    55 Tex. Crim. 572 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · Mar 20, 1909

    See Dew v. State Bank, 9 Ala., 333 ; Caldwell v. Meadow, 4 Ala., 755 ; Gage v. Maschmeyer, 72 Iowa, 696 ; State v. Brayman, 35 Kan., 714 ; Russell v. Muldraugh’s Hill, etc., 13 Bush., 307; Hebel v. … Insurance Co. v. Owen, 30 Mich., 441 ; U. S. Mutual Ins. Co. v. Reisinger, 43 Mo. App., 571 ; People v. Campbell, 22 Hun, 574 ; Searl v. Shanks, 9 N. D., 204 ; Neville v. Morgan, 10 Phil., 522 ; Ledbetter v.

    Cited 28 timesPublished
  • BROWN v. CARSON

    313 Ga. 621 · Supreme Court of Georgia · May 3, 2022

    BROWN et al v. CARSON et al. COLVIN, Justice. We granted certiorari in this case to decide whether E. … See Carson v. Brown, 358 Ga.

    Cited 2 timesPublished

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