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.

• reasoning that “the trial judge acted outside of Rule 4-324, which is not a mere procedural irregularity but a dispossession of authority”
• noting that, in the absence of express authorization, the trial court is not permitted to reserve ruling on a motion for directed verdict
• stating that “only when the court has the authority to act does an acquittal implicate double jeopardy” and the trial “judge was without authority to acquit after he failed to adhere to Rule 4-324”
• “only when the court has the authority to act does an acquittal implicate double jeopardy”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

4 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Smith
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2020-01-30· cited 6×
• People v. Johnson
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2025-10-31· cited 4×
• State v. Godoy
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2017-09-26
• State v. Holsen
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2023-12-20

Cites

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

• Brady v. Maryland
  Supreme Court· 1963-05-13· cited 33,902×
• Benton v. Maryland
  Supreme Court· 1969-06-23· cited 4,063×
• United States v. Jorn
  Supreme Court· 1971-01-25· cited 2,215×
• United States v. Scott
  Supreme Court· 1978-10-02· cited 1,668×
• United States v. DiFrancesco
  Supreme Court· 1980-12-09· cited 1,657×
• United States v. Martin Linen Supply Co.
  Supreme Court· 1977-04-04· cited 1,460×
• Crist v. Bretz
  Supreme Court· 1978-06-14· cited 1,095×
• Fong Foo v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1962-03-19· cited 557×
• Carlisle v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1996-05-13· cited 522×
• United States v. Smith
  Supreme Court· 1947-06-02· cited 257×
• State v. Johnson
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1991-12-11· cited 247×
• Evans v. Michigan
  Supreme Court· 2013-02-20· cited 239×
• State v. Evans
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1992-12-16· cited 130×
• Pulley v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1980-04-10· cited 99×
• Pugh v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1974-05-30· cited 84×
• Camden v. Circuit Court of the Second Judicial Circuit
  Seventh Circuit· 1989-12-28· cited 73×
• Spain v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2005-04-07· cited 70×
• Cook v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1978-01-06· cited 69×
• Brooks v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1984-04-03· cited 60×
• Rodriguez v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1993-04-28· cited 58×