Johnson v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding that, by hitting someone who unintentionally spit on her, the defendant used “unreasonable and excessive” force and failed to satisfy the fourth factor of the self-defense test
• concluding that, by hitting someone who unintentionally spit on her, the defendant used “unreasonable and excessive” force and failed to satisfy the fourth factor of the self-defense test
• noting that “it is 29 well-established that a trial court is strongly encouraged to use the pattern jury instructions.”
• explaining that Maryland appellate courts strongly favor the trial court’s use of pattern jury instructions
• “it is well- established that a trial court is strongly encouraged to use the pattern jury instructions”
• \it is well-established that a trial court is strongly encouraged to use the pattern jury instructions\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

15 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Kazadi v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2020-01-24· cited 33×
• Hosmane v. Seley-Radtke
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2016-02-24· cited 9×
• Lindsey v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2018-01-02· cited 9×
• Riley v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2016-03-30· cited 5×
• Elzey v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2019-11-22· cited 1×
• Hogan v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2019-03-29
• Tolan v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2019-08-28
• Rainey v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2021-09-28
• 107oag033
  Maryland Attorney General Reports· 2022-03-02
• Turenne v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2023-06-28
• Turenne v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2023-07-18
• United States v. Garfield Redd
  Fourth Circuit· 2023-10-19
• Campbell v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2019-12-18
• Lewis v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2024-11-06
• Maryland Attorney General Opinion 107OAG033
  Maryland Attorney General Reports· 2022-02-25

Cites

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

• State v. Albrecht
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1994-10-21· cited 213×
• State v. Faulkner
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1984-11-21· cited 109×
• Garnett v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1993-11-12· cited 74×
• Dishman v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1998-12-21· cited 68×
• State v. Gibson
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1968-06-03· cited 64×
• Cox v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1988-01-06· cited 54×
• Garner v. Archers Glen Partners, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2008-06-09· cited 52×
• State v. Gibson
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1969-06-30· cited 48×
• State v. Rich
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2010-08-31· cited 47×
• Wieland v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1994-06-28· cited 45×
• State v. Pagotto
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2000-11-16· cited 43×
• Moore v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2010-02-26· cited 39×
• Halliday v. Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2002-03-06· cited 38×
• Yates v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2012-10-23· cited 34×
• Christian v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2008-06-30· cited 31×
• Bailey v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1999-08-04· cited 31×
• Cicoria v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1993-08-27· cited 31×
• Wentworth v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1975-11-28· cited 30×
• Schlossman v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1995-06-07· cited 26×
• Green v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1999-09-03· cited 22×