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.

• “We have consistently held that the doctrine of merger, which may be applied to avoid multiple convictions at the same trial, does not apply where there is an acquittal of the lesser crime and a conviction of the greater crime at the same trial, or conversely.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

17 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Pittman v. Atlantic Realty Co.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2000-07-12· cited 67×
• Johnson v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1970-03-17· cited 57×
• Bailey v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1972-08-10· cited 56×
• Finke v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1983-12-08· cited 55×
• DeLilly v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1971-04-28· cited 34×
• State v. Royster
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1971-02-11· cited 31×
• Dobson v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1975-02-20· cited 29×
• Gray v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1970-12-01· cited 20×
• Downes v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1971-03-16· cited 11×
• Sallie v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1975-02-14· cited 11×
• Perkins v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1971-03-31· cited 8×
• People v. Marra
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1970-10-01· cited 8×
• Taylor v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1972-11-21· cited 8×
• Wallace v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2014-10-01· cited 7×
• Jones v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1973-02-26· cited 5×
• Ross v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2017-03-03· cited 4×
• Wallace v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2014-08-27

Cites

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

• United States v. Wade
  Supreme Court· 1967-06-12· cited 8,442×
• Simmons v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1968-03-18· cited 6,700×
• Gilbert v. California
  Supreme Court· 1967-06-12· cited 3,797×
• Metz v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1970-02-18· cited 112×
• JOHNSON, ETC. v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1965-05-05· cited 99×
• Smith v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1969-02-10· cited 92×
• Tender v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1968-01-09· cited 68×
• Kucharczyk v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1964-06-23· cited 68×
• Nichols v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1968-11-13· cited 54×
• Wilkins v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1968-08-19· cited 38×
• Palmer v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1969-01-22· cited 35×
• Tyler v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1968-10-09· cited 31×
• Bryant v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1968-07-24· cited 30×
• Carroll v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1968-01-31· cited 27×
• Barnes v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1968-09-19· cited 24×
• Tyler v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1968-09-19· cited 23×
• Price v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1968-02-15· cited 22×
• Johnson v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1968-07-29· cited 22×
• Felder v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1969-03-06· cited 14×
• Johnson v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1968-02-19· cited 11×