Chambers 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 main purpose of a jury instruction is to aid the jury in clearly understanding the case, to provide guidance for the jury’s deliberations, and to help the jury arrive at a correct verdict”
• finding persuasive letters written by Judge John B. Gray, as Chair of the Standing Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure, upon the purpose and meaning of a Maryland Rule
• “[Juries] always have the ability to nullify the application of the criminal law to a particular defendant.”
• “The main purpose of a jury instruction is to aid the jury in clearly understanding the case, to provide guidance for the jury’s deliberations, and to help the jury arrive at a correct verdict.”
• Concurring Opinion by Bell, J., in which Eldridge, J., joined

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• State v. Guthrie
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1995-07-21· cited 1,064×
• Grandison v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1995-12-27· cited 97×
• Gunning v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1997-10-14· cited 76×
• Jones v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2012-02-22· cited 75×
• North River Ins. Co. v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1996-08-01· cited 50×
• Stabb v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2011-11-22· cited 50×
• Cost v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2010-12-17· cited 42×
• Carter v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2001-11-21· cited 41×
• Wilson v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2002-12-24· cited 39×
• State v. Allen
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2005-06-10· cited 36×
• General v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2002-01-14· cited 36×
• Cruz v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2009-01-23· cited 34×
• Atkins v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2011-08-18· cited 31×
• Brogden v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2005-01-18· cited 30×
• Owens Corning v. Bauman
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1999-04-07· cited 26×
• Robertson v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1996-12-02· cited 24×
• Green v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1998-02-03· cited 24×
• Hammersla v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2009-02-26· cited 24×
• Thompson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2002-11-04· cited 18×
• Abbott v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2010-02-25· cited 18×

Cites

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

• Rogers v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1975-06-17· cited 585×
• Hunt v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1990-12-28· cited 176×
• Grandison v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1986-04-01· cited 149×
• Government Employees Insurance v. Insurance Commissioner
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1993-09-14· cited 121×
• Doering v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1988-08-25· cited 113×
• State v. Bricker
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1990-10-29· cited 99×
• Collins v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1990-01-10· cited 87×
• Countess v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1979-12-10· cited 81×
• Grandison v. Maryland
  Supreme Court· 1986-10-06· cited 75×
• Sims v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1990-05-30· cited 71×
• Shoemaker v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1962-05-01· cited 68×
• Lansdowne v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1980-02-29· cited 56×
• Johnson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1992-02-21· cited 54×
• New Jersey Ex Rel. Lennon v. Strazzella
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1993-07-22· cited 51×
• Privette v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1990-10-09· cited 46×
• Cicoria v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1993-08-27· cited 31×
• Noel v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1953-04-17· cited 25×
• State v. Montgomery
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1994-03-09· cited 22×
• State v. Ricketts
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1981-05-22· cited 20×
• Braxton v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1971-03-16· cited 20×