Eldridge 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 a defendant could not be sentenced under Article 27, § 36(a) for carrying a concealed deadly weapon and, under Article 27, § 36B(b), for carrying the same weapon openly with intent to injure, when both offenses arose out of the same incident
• noting that while Md. Code (1957, 1992 Repl. Vol.) Art. 27, § 486 authorizes the punishment for the common law felony of robbery, § 488 provides for a harsher punishment when the robbery is with a deadly weapon
• merger of sentences for robbery with a deadly weapon and wearing and carrying the weapon openly and with intent to injure
• in a single incident involving a deadly weapon, sentences for carrying a deadly weapon openly and carrying a concealed deadly weapon merge

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• United States v. Clinton Bernard Frazier-El
  Fourth Circuit· 2000-03-02· cited 198×
• Valentine v. on Target, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1999-04-19· cited 142×
• State v. Lancaster
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1993-10-07· cited 110×
• Melton v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2004-02-12· cited 63×
• Purnell v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2003-06-18· cited 59×
• McGrath v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1999-09-14· cited 38×
• State v. Sowell
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1999-04-29· cited 36×
• Motor Vehicle Administration v. Lytle
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2003-04-08· cited 36×
• Miles v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1998-04-06· cited 28×
• Thomas v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2002-03-01· cited 22×
• Pye v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2007-03-19· cited 15×
• In Re Colby H.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2001-02-12· cited 14×
• Burkett v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1993-12-06· cited 14×
• Chisum v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2016-02-25· cited 10×
• Handy v. Maryland
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2000-02-14· cited 9×
• Somers v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2004-04-13· cited 9×
• Cortez v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1995-04-04· cited 9×
• Williams v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1996-05-07· cited 8×
• Washington v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2010-01-28· cited 7×
• Griffin v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2001-03-29· cited 1×

Cites

16 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Blockburger v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1931-12-11· cited 10,676×
• Kaczorowski v. Mayor of Baltimore
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1987-05-15· cited 588×
• State v. Fabritz
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1975-12-03· cited 179×
• Whack v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1980-07-07· cited 80×
• Warfield v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1989-03-29· cited 76×
• Dickerson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1991-10-09· cited 76×
• Dillon v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1976-05-04· cited 68×
• State v. Gover
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1973-01-09· cited 67×
• Potter v. Bethesda Fire Department, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1987-04-20· cited 66×
• Frazier v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1990-02-14· cited 46×
• Brooks v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1989-02-03· cited 40×
• Jackson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1963-06-11· cited 35×
• State v. Crawford
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1987-03-06· cited 34×
• Anderson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1992-11-10· cited 25×
• Webb v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1988-02-10· cited 22×
• Biggus v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1991-08-16· cited 21×