Ball v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• “[I]f the evidence shows that if defendant committed any offense at all, it must have been the greater offense, the jury should not be instructed on the lesser offense.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Wiggins v. Smith, Warden
  Supreme Court· 2003-06-26· cited 5,961×
• Conyers v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1999-05-17· cited 137×
• Ware v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2000-09-14· cited 116×
• Winder v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2001-01-09· cited 110×
• State v. McGill
  Arizona Supreme Court· 2006-08-14· cited 104×
• Metheny v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2000-07-24· cited 81×
• State v. Owens
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2000-06-20· cited 80×
• Aventis Pasteur, Inc. v. Skevofilax
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2007-01-08· cited 76×
• Borchardt v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2001-12-13· cited 74×
• Dishman v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1998-12-21· cited 68×
• State v. Chaney
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2003-06-10· cited 64×
• Lee v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2011-01-31· cited 57×
• Streater v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1999-02-17· cited 53×
• United States v. Pereira-Gomez
  Second Circuit· 2018-09-07· cited 49×
• Attorney Grievance Commission v. Awuah
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2003-05-09· cited 48×
• Braxton v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1998-11-06· cited 43×
• Oken v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2003-11-17· cited 43×
• Harris v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1999-04-20· cited 42×
• Knight v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2004-06-07· cited 34×
• State v. Addison
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 2013-11-06· cited 32×

Cites

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

• Davis v. Alaska
  Supreme Court· 1974-02-27· cited 5,953×
• Payne v. Tennessee
  Supreme Court· 1991-09-13· cited 3,458×
• Pennsylvania v. Ritchie
  Supreme Court· 1987-02-24· cited 2,521×
• Booth v. Maryland
  Supreme Court· 1987-09-21· cited 1,501×
• Rogers v. Richmond
  Supreme Court· 1961-03-20· cited 1,412×
• Hunt v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1990-12-28· cited 176×
• People v. Estes
  California Court of Appeal· 1983-09-15· cited 164×
• Hillard v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1979-10-05· cited 136×
• Ex Parte McWilliams
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1993-01-29· cited 134×
• Hook v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1989-02-13· cited 124×
• West v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1988-03-31· cited 119×
• Bartholomey v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1972-12-04· cited 115×
• Stebbing v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1984-04-16· cited 115×
• Oken v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1996-06-13· cited 110×
• Wiggins v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1991-11-08· cited 102×
• Grandison v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1995-12-27· cited 97×
• Whittlesey v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1995-09-28· cited 96×
• State v. Kidd
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1977-07-18· cited 94×
• State v. Rochester
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1990-04-02· cited 90×
• Conyers v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1997-05-08· cited 89×

Other cases named Ball v. State

122 other CourtListener records share this case name; the 50 most cited are listed.

• Ball v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma· 2007-11-14· cited 47×
• Ball v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1984-02-02· cited 33×
• Ball v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2011-04-20· cited 27×
• Ball v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1976-05-04· cited 25×
• Ball v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1956-04-11· cited 25×
• Ball v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1980-06-24· cited 23×
• Ball v. State
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1949-03-11· cited 20×
• Ball v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1983-09-14· cited 18×
• Ball v. State
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1976-09-03· cited 15×
• Ball v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1911-04-03· cited 13×
• Ball v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1991-12-27· cited 12×
• Ball v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1986-02-25· cited 11×
• Ball v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1983-02-21· cited 11×
• Ball v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1981-04-16· cited 10×
• Ball v. State
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1972-05-04· cited 9×
• Ball v. State
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2013-05-09· cited 9×
• Ball v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1866-05-15· cited 9×
• Ball v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1875-11-15· cited 9×
• Ball v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1969-06-17· cited 8×
• Ball v. State
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1983-09-23· cited 8×
• Ball v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1886-11-15· cited 8×
• Ball v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2000-05-26· cited 7×
• Ball v. State
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1976-04-29· cited 7×
• Ball v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1967-12-05· cited 7×
• Ball v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2003-06-27· cited 6×
• Ball v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1979-10-02· cited 6×
• Ball v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1979-03-08· cited 6×
• Ball v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1979-04-23· cited 6×
• Ball v. State
  New York State Court of Claims· 1979-10-22· cited 6×
• Ball v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1973-09-25· cited 5×
• Ball v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1967-01-30· cited 5×
• Ball v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 1994-08-19· cited 5×
• Ball v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1844-11-25· cited 5×
• Ball v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1889-10-15· cited 5×
• Ball v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma· 1973-03-13· cited 4×
• Ball v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-08-13· cited 4×
• Ball v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1976-06-29· cited 4×
• Ball v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1933-11-04· cited 4×
• Ball v. State
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1980-09-26· cited 4×
• Ball v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1983-06-28· cited 3×
• Ball v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma· 1962-10-10· cited 3×
• Ball v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2014-04-03· cited 3×
• Ball v. State
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1989-06-20· cited 3×
• Ball v. State
  New York Court of Appeals· 1984-03-27· cited 3×
• Ball v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1980-07-09· cited 3×
• Ball v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1995-03-03· cited 2×
• Ball v. State
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1982-04-08· cited 2×
• Ball v. State
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1989-03-28· cited 2×
• Ball v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2010-01-25· cited 2×
• Ball v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1988-02-18· cited 2×