Jackson 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 evidence of prior incidents of domestic violence had special relevance to show “the exertion of control over the victim through the perpetration of a cycle of violence” that established a motive for murder
• “[A] judge should fashion a sentence based upon the facts and circumstances of the crime committed and the background of the defendant, including his 44 or her reputation, prior offenses, health, habits, mental and moral propensities, and social background.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

3 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Smith v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2017-04-28· cited 5×
• Vaise v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2020-05-04· cited 2×
• Covington v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2026-05-01

Cites

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

• Ross v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1976-01-12· cited 201×
• North v. North
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1994-10-25· cited 162×
• State v. Faulkner
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1989-02-07· cited 137×
• State v. Hawkins
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1992-04-13· cited 132×
• Logan v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1981-02-11· cited 117×
• Henry v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1974-11-25· cited 81×
• State v. Babb
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1970-06-26· cited 63×
• Snyder v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2000-11-16· cited 56×
• Rainville v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1992-11-06· cited 55×
• Poe v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1996-02-09· cited 52×
• Jackson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2001-05-11· cited 49×
• Cooley v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2005-02-10· cited 47×
• Smith v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1986-11-28· cited 41×
• Carter v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2001-11-21· cited 41×
• Wilder v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2010-03-25· cited 40×
• State v. Standifur
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1987-06-19· cited 36×
• Jones v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2010-06-17· cited 29×
• Nash v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2014-06-20· cited 28×
• ABDUL-MALEEK v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2012-04-27· cited 21×
• Ayala v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2007-05-23· cited 18×