Evans v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that “the intent to kill or the intent to do grievous bodily harm” may be inferred from the use of a “deadly weapon directed at a vital part of the human body”
• exercise of discretion prudent in view of importance of issue beyond confínes of that appeal
• “Erroneous instructions on non-issues are self-evidently immaterial.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Engle v. Isaac
  Supreme Court· 1982-06-21· cited 3,714×
• Patterson v. New York
  Supreme Court· 1977-06-17· cited 2,751×
• People v. Dillon
  California Supreme Court· 1983-09-01· cited 1,034×
• People v. Aaron
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1980-11-24· cited 413×
• State v. McCullum
  Washington Supreme Court· 1983-03-10· cited 291×
• Newton v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1977-05-05· cited 189×
• State v. Julius
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1991-07-03· cited 145×
• Dykes v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1990-04-11· cited 140×
• State of Iowa v. Keyon Harrison
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2018-06-22· cited 118×
• State v. Faulkner
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1984-11-21· cited 109×
• State v. Pendry
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1976-07-20· cited 108×
• Fisher and Utley v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2001-12-17· cited 83×
• Squire v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1977-04-15· cited 83×
• Hof v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1995-03-10· cited 80×
• Morris v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2003-12-04· cited 69×
• Robinson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1986-11-12· cited 56×
• Commonwealth v. Johnson
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1977-03-18· cited 55×
• State v. Perkins
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 1985-03-08· cited 54×
• Bartram v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1976-10-05· cited 54×
• State v. Mason
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1978-11-28· cited 49×

Cites

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

• In Re WINSHIP
  Supreme Court· 1970-05-18· cited 11,712×
• Mullaney v. Wilbur
  Supreme Court· 1975-06-09· cited 3,396×
• Leary v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1969-05-19· cited 1,672×
• Turner v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1970-01-26· cited 1,166×
• McGautha v. California
  Supreme Court· 1971-05-03· cited 1,077×
• Tot v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1943-06-07· cited 998×
• Barnes v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1973-06-18· cited 793×
• Davis v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1895-12-16· cited 594×
• United States v. Gainey
  Supreme Court· 1965-03-01· cited 481×
• United States v. Romano
  Supreme Court· 1965-11-22· cited 366×
• Ivan v. v. City of New York
  Supreme Court· 1972-06-12· cited 268×
• People v. Morrin
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1971-03-16· cited 266×
• Schowgurow v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1965-10-11· cited 239×
• State v. Poole
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1973-03-14· cited 171×
• Paul Belton v. United States
  D.C. Circuit· 1967-09-28· cited 164×
• People v. Strickland
  California Supreme Court· 1974-07-05· cited 147×
• Chisley v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1953-03-20· cited 147×
• Jenkins v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1967-03-27· cited 126×
• Gladden v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1974-12-23· cited 117×
• Bruce v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2001-09-11· cited 95×