Abbott v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• observing that “[w]hether a particular communication constitutes a true threat depends on both its language and its context”
• in discussing the “true threat” doctrine, defining a threat “as an expression of ‘a determination or intent to injure presently or in the future[,]’[53] . . . which is distinct from ‘words as mere political argument, talk or jest.’” (citations omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

14 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Marshall
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 2009-07-21· cited 68×
• McClurkin & Jackson v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2015-04-01· cited 56×
• State of Iowa v. Jeffrey Alan Soboroff
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2011-05-20· cited 47×
• Hammonds v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2013-12-03· cited 17×
• COLEMAN-FULLER v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2010-05-27· cited 13×
• Carrero-Vasquez v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2013-03-21· cited 11×
• Mansfield v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2011-09-30· cited 10×
• Webb v. Volvo Cars of North America, LLC
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2016-09-09· cited 10×
• Smith v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2017-04-28· cited 5×
• Albertson v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2013-06-27· cited 3×
• Rovin v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2024-08-15· cited 2×
• Y.Y. v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2012-06-27· cited 1×
• Shivers v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2023-01-03
• Adkins v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2023-05-24

Cites

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

• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• New York Times Co. v. Sullivan
  Supreme Court· 1964-03-09· cited 8,531×
• Mathews v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1988-02-24· cited 1,244×
• Watts v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1969-04-21· cited 977×
• Osborne v. Ohio
  Supreme Court· 1990-06-04· cited 897×
• DiPino v. Davis
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1999-05-11· cited 240×
• Logarusic v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1983-10-03· cited 212×
• Longshore v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2007-06-08· cited 157×
• State v. Smith
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2003-05-09· cited 144×
• Lewis v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1979-08-27· cited 116×
• Winder v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2001-01-09· cited 110×
• Stevenson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1980-12-17· cited 109×
• United States v. Pinson
  Tenth Circuit· 2008-09-17· cited 89×
• Moye v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2002-04-16· cited 88×
• Taylor v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1997-07-29· cited 87×
• United States v. Loren Francis Bellrichard
  Eighth Circuit· 1993-06-07· cited 85×
• United States v. Armel
  Fourth Circuit· 2009-10-19· cited 82×
• United States v. Carl Henry Howell
  Fifth Circuit· 1984-01-09· cited 80×
• Binnie v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1991-01-10· cited 77×
• Gunning v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1997-10-14· cited 76×