Baker 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 a sentence is inherently illegal if \the sentence never should have been imposed[ ]\
• holding that a Rule 4-345(a) motion is proper if “the sentence never should have been imposed”
• holding that a sentence is inherently illegal if “the sentence never should have been imposed[]”
• recognizing in a capital sentencing that an error premised on a novel constitutional question decided after imposition of a capital sentence may be raised in a motion to correct an illegal sentence
• recognizing in a capital sentencing that an error premised on a novel constitutional question decided after imposition of a capital sentence may be raised in a motion to correct an illegal sentence
• “[A] motion to correct an illegal sentence” is “ ‘entertained ... where ... the sentence never should have been imposed’ ”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

12 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Evans v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2006-12-19· cited 93×
• State v. Wilkins
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2006-06-09· cited 47×
• Evans v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2005-11-10· cited 32×
• Johnson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2012-07-10· cited 27×
• Montgomery v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2008-06-11· cited 24×
• Carlini v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2013-12-18· cited 22×
• Tshiwala v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2012-01-23· cited 21×
• Alston v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2012-03-23· cited 21×
• Taylor v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2009-01-05· cited 18×
• Colvin v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2016-12-15· cited 15×
• Ray v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2016-09-29· cited 5×
• Bratt v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2020-04-28· cited 3×

Cites

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

• Apprendi v. New Jersey
  Supreme Court· 2000-06-26· cited 28,372×
• Gregg v. Georgia
  Supreme Court· 1976-07-22· cited 7,936×
• Ring v. Arizona
  Supreme Court· 2002-06-24· cited 4,683×
• McCleskey v. Kemp
  Supreme Court· 1987-06-08· cited 2,038×
• Carmell v. Texas
  Supreme Court· 2000-05-01· cited 525×
• Walczak v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1985-03-06· cited 122×
• Randall Book Corp. v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1989-06-07· cited 106×
• Gray v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2005-08-10· cited 82×
• Roberts v. Warden of Maryland Penitentiary
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1955-02-10· cited 81×
• Maryland v. Kanaras
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1999-12-20· cited 59×
• State v. Griffiths
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1995-06-16· cited 54×
• Jones v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2005-01-20· cited 44×
• Evans v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2004-07-23· cited 43×
• Oken v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2003-11-17· cited 43×
• Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. v. Artery
  Supreme Court· 1890-12-22· cited 42×
• Baker v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1993-11-12· cited 33×
• Baker v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2002-02-07· cited 32×
• Riddlespriger v. Dretke, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division
  Supreme Court· 2004-03-22· cited 24×
• Oken v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2001-12-14· cited 13×
• Baker v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2003-10-17· cited 12×