Gladden 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 transferred intent “is the law of Maryland and that the mens rea of a defendant as to his intended victim will carry over and affix his culpability” when it causes the death of another (emphasis added)
• recognizing, in a case of first impression, that the common law doctrine of transferred intent applies in Maryland law with regard to crime of murder
• stating that “the ingredients and elements of murder are as they were at common law”
• “In homicide cases ... the doctrine of ‘transferred intent’ performs a function equivalent to that applied under the felony-murder rule.” (Footnote omitted)
• \In homicide cases ... the doctrine of `transferred intent' performs a function equivalent to that applied under the felony-murder rule.\ (Footnote omitted)
• “In 1776 the framers of the Constitution of Maryland adopted the common law [of England] as part of the law of this State.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).