Dawkins 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 knowledge is an element of the offenses of possession of a controlled dangerous substance and possession of controlled paraphernalia
• holding that plain error existed when the trial court omitted the essential element of knowledge from its instruction defining possession of a controlled substance
• recognizing Washington and North Dakota as the only states to determine “knowledge is not an element of the offense of possession of controlled substances”
• observing that the “statutory scheme strongly indicates an intention on the part of the General Assembly to require scienter as an element of the [possession of controlled substances and controlled paraphernalia] offenses”
• observing that the \statutory scheme strongly indicates an intention on the part of the General Assembly to require scienter as an element of the [possession of controlled substances and controlled paraphernalia] offenses\
• concluding, based partly on the relevant statutory scheme, that knowledge is an element of possession of a controlled dangerous substance and possession of controlled paraphernalia, although not explicitly set forth in the statute

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• State v. Adkins
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2012-07-12· cited 570×
• State v. Bradshaw
  Washington Supreme Court· 2004-10-14· cited 154×
• State v. Blake
  Washington Supreme Court· 2021-02-25· cited 120×
• Chow v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2006-07-27· cited 113×
• McDonald v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1997-10-20· cited 96×
• Smith v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2010-07-23· cited 91×
• Moye v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2002-04-16· cited 88×
• Taylor v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1997-07-29· cited 87×
• Garnett v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1993-11-12· cited 74×
• State v. Suddith
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2004-02-12· cited 72×
• Sims v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1990-05-30· cited 71×
• Birchead v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1989-12-04· cited 65×
• Richmond v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1993-04-26· cited 63×
• State v. McCallum
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1991-01-02· cited 61×
• White v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2001-03-05· cited 58×
• City of Kennewick v. Day
  Washington Supreme Court· 2000-10-12· cited 55×
• Outmezguine v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1994-06-03· cited 49×
• Collins v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1991-05-09· cited 49×
• State v. Adame
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1990-02-06· cited 48×
• Owens v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1999-02-12· cited 47×

Cites

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

• Morissette v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1952-01-07· cited 3,056×
• Liparota v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1985-05-13· cited 890×
• People v. Vogel
  California Supreme Court· 1956-06-28· cited 155×
• State v. Hutchinson
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1980-02-25· cited 131×
• People v. Williams
  California Supreme Court· 1971-06-24· cited 124×
• State v. Florine
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1975-02-07· cited 117×
• State v. Barber
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1982-07-06· cited 107×
• Clodfelter v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1977-11-23· cited 104×
• Dempsey v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1976-03-03· cited 103×
• Squire v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1977-04-15· cited 83×
• Speidel v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1969-10-21· cited 81×
• State v. Flinchpaugh
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1983-02-19· cited 78×
• Battle v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1980-06-06· cited 69×
• State v. Burns
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1970-09-14· cited 62×
• Judd v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1971-03-11· cited 59×
• State v. Kietzke
  South Dakota Supreme Court· 1971-04-30· cited 59×
• Barnes v. State
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1849-06-15· cited 56×
• Harris v. Texas
  Supreme Court· 1971-01-15· cited 55×
• Johnson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1987-10-07· cited 43×
• State v. Reardon
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1977-04-05· cited 41×

Other cases named Dawkins v. State

56 other CourtListener records share this case name; the 50 most cited are listed.

• Dawkins v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1984-05-22· cited 52×
• Dawkins v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2001-08-13· cited 33×
• Dawkins v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma· 2011-01-05· cited 24×
• Dawkins v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 1991-12-11· cited 23×
• Dawkins v. State
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1991-12-16· cited 14×
• Dawkins v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2006-08-11· cited 13×
• Dawkins v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-03-22· cited 11×
• Dawkins v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2015-06-17· cited 9×
• Dawkins v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1986-07-15· cited 7×
• Dawkins v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1985-12-11· cited 7×
• Dawkins v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1986-04-09· cited 7×
• Dawkins v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2005-05-24· cited 6×
• Dawkins v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1968-03-07· cited 6×
• Dawkins v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1992-10-14· cited 4×
• Dawkins v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2011-07-19· cited 2×
• Dawkins v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1921-12-13· cited 2×
• Dawkins v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1995-03-29· cited 2×
• Dawkins v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2005-12-28· cited 2×
• Dawkins v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2008-09-16· cited 1×
• Dawkins v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1954-10-01· cited 1×
• Dawkins v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1968-01-10· cited 1×
• Dawkins v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2008-04-11
• Dawkins v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2009-08-19
• Dawkins v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2010-03-23
• Dawkins v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2008-06-13
• Dawkins v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2010-04-28
• Dawkins v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2010-11-03
• Dawkins v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2011-01-05
• Dawkins v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2015-06-17
• Dawkins v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2015-10-20
• Dawkins v. State
  Alabama Court of Appeals· 1929-12-10
• Dawkins v. State
  Alabama Court of Appeals· 1933-12-19
• Dawkins v. State
  Alabama Court of Appeals· 1932-04-05
• Dawkins v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2017-09-21
• Dawkins v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2013-02-13
• Dawkins v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2016-03-03
• Dawkins v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2017-03-23
• Dawkins v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2017-02-15
• Dawkins v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2015-10-20
• Dawkins v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2017-09-21
• Dawkins v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2017-09-21
• Dawkins v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2017-09-21
• Dawkins v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2017-09-21
• Dawkins v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1992-03-18
• Dawkins v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1968-04-15
• Dawkins v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1968-04-15
• Dawkins v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1987-01-28
• Dawkins v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2019-04-03
• Dawkins v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2019-04-03
• Dawkins v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1994-04-26