Fields v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing prosecutors may intend to provoke a mistrial to \avert[] the probable acquittal\ (quoting West v. State , 451 A.2d 1228, 1235 (Md. Ct. Spec. App. 1982))
• stating “no retrial will be permitted unless there was a ‘manifest necessity’ for the mistrial”
• mistrial ordered because \a regrettable disagreement between the judge and the prosecutor steadily escalated into an angry argument and ultimately degenerated into a veritable shouting match of mutual insults and displays of uncontrolled temper\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

17 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Ware v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2000-09-14· cited 116×
• State v. Lee
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2000-04-12· cited 92×
• Tharp v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2000-12-07· cited 41×
• Hagez v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2000-04-03· cited 24×
• Alston v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2007-10-03· cited 19×
• Robinson v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1994-01-11· cited 19×
• Malarkey v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2009-10-02· cited 13×
• State v. Muhannad
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 2013-09-20· cited 11×
• Malpas v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1997-06-25· cited 7×
• Scott v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2016-10-26· cited 5×
• State v. Mitchell D. Green
  Wisconsin Supreme Court· 2023-06-29· cited 4×
• Nicholson v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2004-06-08· cited 3×
• Robinson v. Com.
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1994-03-24· cited 1×
• People v. August
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2016-04-21· cited 1×
• Spencer v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1993-10-28· cited 1×
• Lee v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2023-03-28
• Santana v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2026-04-28

Cites

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

• Bruton v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1968-06-17· cited 8,792×
• North Carolina v. Pearce
  Supreme Court· 1969-06-23· cited 7,763×
• Burks v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1978-06-14· cited 4,912×
• Ashe v. Swenson
  Supreme Court· 1970-04-20· cited 4,277×
• Arizona v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1978-02-21· cited 2,314×
• United States v. Jorn
  Supreme Court· 1971-01-25· cited 2,215×
• Oregon v. Kennedy
  Supreme Court· 1982-05-24· cited 2,097×
• United States v. Perez
  Supreme Court· 1824-03-23· cited 1,814×
• United States v. DiFrancesco
  Supreme Court· 1980-12-09· cited 1,657×
• Wade v. Hunter
  Supreme Court· 1949-04-25· cited 1,511×
• United States v. Dinitz
  Supreme Court· 1976-03-08· cited 1,492×
• United States v. Ball
  Supreme Court· 1896-05-25· cited 1,376×
• Illinois v. Somerville
  Supreme Court· 1973-02-27· cited 1,368×
• Greene v. Massey
  Supreme Court· 1978-06-14· cited 1,268×
• Crist v. Bretz
  Supreme Court· 1978-06-14· cited 1,095×
• Downum v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1963-04-22· cited 985×
• United States v. Tateo
  Supreme Court· 1964-06-08· cited 864×
• Gori v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1961-10-09· cited 679×
• Lee v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1977-06-13· cited 449×
• Boone v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1968-01-24· cited 88×