Hook 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 permitting the prosecution to nol pros a lesser included offense was \fundamentally unfair under Maryland common law\
• concluding that rational basis existed for finding defendant guilty of lesser offense such that State's decision to nolle pros lesser offense violated principles of \fundamental fairness\
• concluding that rational basis existed for finding defendant guilty of lesser offense such that State’s decision to nolle pros lesser offense violated principles of “fundamental fairness”
• explaining that the entry of a nolle prosequi by the prosecuting attorney “is not completely without restraint”
• permitting the prosecution to nol pros a lesser included offense was “fundamentally unfair under Maryland common law”
• “The right of an accused to a fair trial, although not a perfect trial, is paramount.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Hoskins v. Maricle
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2004-12-16· cited 335×
• Billis v. State
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 1990-10-05· cited 142×
• Oken v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1992-09-17· cited 141×
• State v. Hawkins
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1992-04-13· cited 132×
• Ball v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1997-09-10· cited 121×
• Burch v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1997-07-03· cited 112×
• Rubin v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1992-03-06· cited 102×
• Whittlesey v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1995-09-28· cited 96×
• Collins v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1990-01-10· cited 87×
• Evans v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1994-02-16· cited 84×
• Hagans v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1989-06-30· cited 83×
• Metheny v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2000-07-24· cited 81×
• Borchardt v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2001-12-13· cited 74×
• Sims v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1990-05-30· cited 71×
• Dishman v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1998-12-21· cited 68×
• Mitchell v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2001-03-05· cited 57×
• Dionas v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2013-12-10· cited 57×
• Attorney Grievance Commission v. McDonald
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2014-02-21· cited 53×
• Bazzle v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2012-05-22· cited 48×
• Bruce v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1989-11-28· cited 47×

Cites

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

• North Carolina v. Pearce
  Supreme Court· 1969-06-23· cited 7,763×
• Burks v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1978-06-14· cited 4,912×
• Bordenkircher v. Hayes
  Supreme Court· 1978-03-06· cited 2,683×
• In Re Murchison.
  Supreme Court· 1955-05-16· cited 2,510×
• Beck v. Alabama
  Supreme Court· 1980-06-20· cited 2,209×
• United States v. Batchelder
  Supreme Court· 1979-06-04· cited 1,568×
• Lisenba v. California
  Supreme Court· 1942-02-02· cited 1,400×
• United States v. Ball
  Supreme Court· 1896-05-25· cited 1,376×
• Greene v. Massey
  Supreme Court· 1978-06-14· cited 1,268×
• Spaziano v. Florida
  Supreme Court· 1984-07-02· cited 1,061×
• Keeble v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1973-05-29· cited 1,048×
• United States v. Tateo
  Supreme Court· 1964-06-08· cited 864×
• Hopper v. Evans
  Supreme Court· 1982-05-24· cited 715×
• Dorsey v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1976-01-09· cited 660×
• Newton v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1977-05-05· cited 189×
• MacK v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1984-08-23· cited 168×
• Chisley v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1953-03-20· cited 147×
• Shell v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1986-07-24· cited 125×
• State v. Faulkner
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1984-11-21· cited 109×
• Breeding v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1959-06-08· cited 99×

Other cases named Hook v. State

7 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Hook v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1999-02-02· cited 15×
• Hook v. State
  New York State Court of Claims· 1958-07-01· cited 12×
• Hook v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2002-09-25· cited 5×
• Hook v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2008-02-20
• Hook v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2008-10-09
• Hook v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2001-12-07
• Hook v. State
  Court of Claims of Illinois· 1957-09-20