Bruce 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 as proper a jury instruction that permitted inference of “specific intent to take life” from use of deadly weapon on vital part of victim’s body
• discussing elements of self defense in a review of jury instructions given on the subject
• observing that “an attempted battery may be met by resisting force with force provided no unnecessary violence was used and proper measures were taken to avoid the conflict and escape from shedding blood” (emphasis added)
• observing that “an attempted battery may be met by resisting force with force provided no unnecessary violence was used and proper measures were taken to avoid the conflict and escape from shedding blood” (emphasis added)
• “it is incumbent upon the court, ... when requested in a criminal case, to give an ... instruction on every essential question or point of law supported by evidence”
• An “instruction on every essential question or point of law” is an “advisory” instruction

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Dorsey v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1976-01-09· cited 660×
• Tichnell v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1980-06-10· cited 300×
• Evans v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1975-11-25· cited 201×
• Dykes v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1990-04-11· cited 140×
• Burch v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1997-07-03· cited 112×
• State v. Faulkner
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1984-11-21· cited 109×
• Binnie v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1991-01-10· cited 77×
• Dillon v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1976-05-04· cited 68×
• Blackwell v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1976-11-09· cited 67×
• Davis v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1964-12-07· cited 61×
• Davis v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1964-10-22· cited 57×
• Lindsay v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1969-11-17· cited 57×
• Lansdowne v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1980-02-29· cited 56×
• Unger v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2012-05-24· cited 52×
• Smith v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1985-01-10· cited 50×
• Bennett v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1963-02-06· cited 46×
• Gunther v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1962-04-19· cited 45×
• Hill v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2001-09-19· cited 42×
• Huber v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1967-10-20· cited 40×
• Hardison v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1961-06-30· cited 40×

Cites

6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Chisley v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1953-03-20· cited 147×
• Davis v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1954-02-11· cited 69×
• Webb v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1952-12-05· cited 53×
• Proctor Electric Co. v. Zink
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1958-05-20· cited 41×
• Smith v. Briscoe
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1886-06-24· cited 27×
• Lester v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1931-06-19· cited 8×