Cox 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 that attempted voluntary manslaughter is crime under common law of Maryland and noting that majority of states that have affirmed convictions for attempted voluntary manslaughter have analyzed issue with regard to requirement of intent
• A defendant who “suddenly attempts to perpetrate a homicide caused by heat of passion in response to legally adequate provocation” is subject to an “attempted voluntary manslaughter” conviction
• “We define volun tary manslaughter as an intentional homicide, done in a sudden heat of passion, caused by adequate provocation, before there has been a reasonable opportunity for the passions to cool.” (Emphasis in original.)
• “ ‘[S]o long as the crime of attempt is deemed to require an intent-type of mental state, there can be no such thing as an attempt to commit criminal negligence involuntary manslaughter’ ”
• specific intent required for both attempt, voluntary manslaughter
• conviction for attempted voluntary manslaughter

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• State v. Albrecht
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1994-10-21· cited 213×
• State v. Holbron
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1995-10-20· cited 136×
• State v. Earp
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1990-04-10· cited 74×
• State v. Robinson
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1994-07-14· cited 72×
• Sims v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1990-05-30· cited 71×
• Dishman v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1998-12-21· cited 68×
• Townes v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1988-10-24· cited 67×
• Richmond v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1993-04-26· cited 63×
• Williams v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1991-08-15· cited 62×
• Dixon v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2001-05-14· cited 59×
• Bruce v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1989-11-28· cited 47×
• Moore v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2005-09-07· cited 35×
• Christian v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2008-06-30· cited 31×
• Lane v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1997-12-15· cited 29×
• Banks v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1992-07-06· cited 28×
• Schlossman v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1995-06-07· cited 26×
• Pagotto v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1999-07-07· cited 24×
• Thomas v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1999-09-13· cited 21×
• Johnson v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2015-05-28· cited 21×
• RICHARD C. JONES v. UNITED STATES
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2015-09-17· cited 20×