Jones 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 a sentence is illegal if based upon a verdict of guilty in a jury trial that was not orally announced in court
• holding that a sentence is illegal if based upon a verdict of guilty in a jury trial that was not orally announced in court
• holding that, although three of the defendant’s convictions and sentences were proper, the sentence on one charge was illegal under Rule 4-345(a)
• claiming that there was no conviction on which sentence could legally be imposed because the verdict was never announced orally and, therefore, never became final
• discussing that the “ ‘return’ of a verdict” is “comprised of three distinct procedures, each fulfilling a specific purpose,” namely (1) the foreperson’s answering the inquiry of the clerk and stating the jury’s verdict to the court; (2
• alleging an illegal sentence because the verdict was not announced orally in open court so as to allow the jury to be polled and hearkened to the verdict, and thus violated Maryland Rule 4-327

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Price v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2008-06-09· cited 66×
• State v. Wilkins
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2006-06-09· cited 47×
• Johnson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2012-07-10· cited 27×
• Givens v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2016-08-22· cited 26×
• Caldwell v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2005-10-04· cited 24×
• Montgomery v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2008-06-11· cited 24×
• Baker v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2005-10-03· cited 23×
• Carlini v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2013-12-18· cited 22×
• State v. Santiago
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2009-12-21· cited 21×
• Alston v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2012-03-23· cited 21×
• Colvin v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2016-12-15· cited 15×
• Jones v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2007-03-29· cited 14×
• Carroll v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2011-12-05· cited 13×
• Ogundipe v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2011-12-21· cited 9×
• COLKLEY & FIELDS v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2012-04-26· cited 8×
• Alford v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2011-12-22· cited 8×
• Kelly v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2005-05-02· cited 7×
• Parker v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2009-05-07· cited 7×
• Rainey v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2018-04-02· cited 7×
• OGUNDIPE v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2010-03-25· cited 6×

Cites

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

• State v. Williams
  Ohio Supreme Court· 2003-09-03· cited 209×
• State v. Kiper
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1994-10-24· cited 124×
• Walczak v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1985-03-06· cited 122×
• State v. Hightower
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1996-08-08· cited 75×
• Ford v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1859-01-24· cited 62×
• Maryland v. Kanaras
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1999-12-20· cited 59×
• State v. McKay
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1977-07-05· cited 58×
• State v. Griffiths
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1995-06-16· cited 54×
• Smith v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1984-04-03· cited 46×
• Evans v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2004-07-23· cited 43×
• Rice v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1987-11-05· cited 43×
• Matthews v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1985-10-10· cited 37×
• Government of the Virgin Islands v. Sonville Austin Smith
  Third Circuit· 1977-07-06· cited 34×
• Ridgeway v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2002-05-08· cited 33×
• Galloway v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2002-10-11· cited 32×
• Hoffert v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1990-04-19· cited 28×
• Ross v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1975-01-13· cited 28×
• Williams v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1883-06-20· cited 27×
• Givens v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1893-01-12· cited 27×
• Commonwealth v. Morgan
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1991-06-18· cited 14×