Handy v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that “[cjircumstantial evidence alone is sufficient to support a conviction, provided the circumstances support rational inferences from which the trier of fact could be convinced beyond a reasonable doubt of the guilt of the accused.” (citations and internal quotations omitted)
• applying factors in Folk v. State, 11 Md.App. 508, 518, 275 A.2d 184 (1971), “1
• “ ‘doubt or ambiguity as to whether the legislature intended that there be multiple punishments for the same act or transaction “ ‘will be resolved against turning a single transaction into multiple offenses’ ” ’ ”
• discussing constructive possession of contraband

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

14 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Neal v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2010-03-25· cited 27×
• Rich v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2012-05-31· cited 22×
• Brown v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2008-10-02· cited 18×
• White v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2021-05-28· cited 10×
• Thompson v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2016-08-31· cited 8×
• Ashton v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2009-05-12· cited 7×
• Herring v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2011-03-31· cited 7×
• Kyler v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2014-07-31· cited 6×
• Cerrato-Molina v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2015-06-01· cited 6×
• Williams v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2016-12-02· cited 5×
• Vangorder v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2025-06-02
• Palmer v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2025-08-28
• Scott v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2025-12-17
• Johnson v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2026-04-02

Cites

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

• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Brown v. Ohio
  Supreme Court· 1977-06-16· cited 3,552×
• Bell v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1955-05-09· cited 1,300×
• Simpson v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1978-02-28· cited 656×
• Kaczorowski v. Mayor of Baltimore
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1987-05-15· cited 588×
• Tucker v. Fireman's Fund Insurance
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1986-11-24· cited 254×
• State v. Albrecht
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1994-10-21· cited 213×
• State v. Smith
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2003-05-09· cited 144×
• Harris v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1993-06-28· cited 139×
• Price v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2003-11-19· cited 130×
• Dawkins v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1988-10-10· cited 120×
• United States v. Lucas
  Eighth Circuit· 1991-04-26· cited 120×
• West v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1988-03-31· cited 119×
• United States v. Sims
  Sixth Circuit· 1992-09-25· cited 118×
• Wilson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1990-05-29· cited 115×
• Chow v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2006-07-27· cited 113×
• Herman v. Department of Treasury
  Supreme Court· 1993-02-22· cited 107×
• Lewis v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1998-02-13· cited 101×
• Jones v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1996-09-12· cited 99×
• United States v. Ira Wayne Privette
  Fifth Circuit· 1991-12-12· cited 98×