Dorsey v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that “‘a substantial battery upon . . . a close relative will justify the reduction of an intentional homicide to voluntary manslaughter’”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

13 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Newton v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1977-05-05· cited 189×
• Curtis v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1979-01-16· cited 134×
• State v. Frye
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1978-11-16· cited 95×
• Tripp v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1977-06-13· cited 48×
• State v. Holmes
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1987-08-03· cited 31×
• Redditt v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1995-03-10· cited 25×
• Mutyambizi v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1976-09-21· cited 21×
• Claybrooks v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1977-06-07· cited 12×
• Wright v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1976-09-21· cited 7×
• Ward v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1982-07-08· cited 5×
• Morris v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1976-10-06· cited 5×
• Newkirk v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1976-09-15· cited 4×
• Johnson v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2025-07-09

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Chapman v. California
  Supreme Court· 1967-03-27· cited 23,069×
• In Re WINSHIP
  Supreme Court· 1970-05-18· cited 11,712×
• Mullaney v. Wilbur
  Supreme Court· 1975-06-09· cited 3,396×
• Harrington v. California
  Supreme Court· 1969-06-02· cited 2,732×
• State v. Evans
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1976-07-15· cited 210×
• Evans v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1975-11-25· cited 201×
• Hurt v. United States
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1975-04-29· cited 37×
• Wilkins v. State of Maryland
  D. Maryland· 1975-10-01· cited 32×
• Wentworth v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1975-11-28· cited 30×
• Brown v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1975-11-26· cited 30×
• Vaughan v. State
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1918-03-23· cited 28×
• State v. Garland
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1976-07-15· cited 19×
• Ware v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1968-02-01· cited 15×
• Dorsey and Wilson v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1975-11-28· cited 9×