Butcher v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that “when one [or more] of a series of consecutive sentences is nullified, the next valid sentence begins on the date set for the commencement of the invalidated sentence”
• finding “the majority rule [in the United States] to be that, when one of a series of consecutive sentences is nullified, the next valid sentence begins on the date set for the commencement of the invalidated sentence”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

4 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Holmes
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2013-06-14· cited 3×
• Burlew v. Missouri Department of Corrections
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2011-04-05· cited 2×
• Johnson v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2013-09-05
• Bivens v. Clark
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2025-07-11

Cites

13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Blitz v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1894-04-30· cited 187×
• State v. Griffiths
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1995-06-16· cited 54×
• Thomas Ribble Tucker, Jr. v. C. C. Peyton, Superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary
  Fourth Circuit· 1966-02-24· cited 52×
• Brown v. Commissioner of Correction
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1958-02-05· cited 47×
• Gatewood v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2004-09-08· cited 23×
• Gatewood v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2005-08-15· cited 20×
• Nelson v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1986-02-06· cited 13×
• Wilson v. Simms
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2004-05-07· cited 13×
• Pollard v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2006-08-02· cited 12×
• Jackson v. Jones
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1985-03-15· cited 9×
• Smith v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1974-10-18· cited 8×
• Jamison v. Cupp
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 1976-10-25· cited 7×
• Palmer v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2010-07-05· cited 2×