Bryant v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that “the simple and frequently neglected truth is that the defense of self-defense applies to assaultive crimes generally”
• “In any event, it seems clear that the possible effect of voluntary intoxication upon a particular specific intent is quintessentially a question of fact for the jury, properly instructed.”
• “Statutory maiming, under Article 27, § 385, is ... indisputably a specific intent crime”
• “Imperfect self-defense is an aspect of homicide law and nothing more. Outside of homicide law, the concept doesn’t exist.... With respect to all other crimes, the defendant is either guilty or not guilty. He either acted in self-defense or he did not. There is no ‘in between.’ ”
• self-defense applicable to assault crimes generally

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

14 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Williams
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 2001-06-19· cited 64×
• Richmond v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1993-04-26· cited 63×
• Jones v. Maryland
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2000-02-07· cited 46×
• State v. Kirkpatrick
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2008-05-30· cited 46×
• Roach v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2000-04-13· cited 33×
• Robertson v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1996-12-02· cited 24×
• Brown v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2006-07-03· cited 15×
• State v. O'Rear
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2012-02-17· cited 13×
• Bussie v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1997-05-01· cited 10×
• Ford v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1992-04-01· cited 10×
• Williams v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1996-05-07· cited 8×
• Stevenson v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2005-09-06· cited 6×
• In Re Lavar D.
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2009-12-30· cited 4×
• Dashiell v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2013-11-04· cited 4×

Cites

17 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Blockburger v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1931-12-11· cited 10,676×
• Dorsey v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1976-01-09· cited 660×
• Newton v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1977-05-05· cited 189×
• Johnson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1985-07-17· cited 171×
• Shell v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1986-07-24· cited 125×
• Hook v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1989-02-13· cited 124×
• State v. Faulkner
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1984-11-21· cited 109×
• Bedford v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1989-11-29· cited 77×
• Mills v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1987-06-25· cited 69×
• State v. Gover
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1973-01-09· cited 67×
• Smith v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1979-01-26· cited 52×
• Gray v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1979-07-16· cited 46×
• Shuck v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1975-11-26· cited 32×
• State v. Holmes
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1987-08-03· cited 31×
• Jenkins v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1984-07-13· cited 26×
• Fairbanks v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1989-12-06· cited 21×
• Law v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1975-12-30· cited 20×