Lykins v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• providing that “separation of powers ‘compels that we brook no lightly assumed interference by the judicial branch with the function of [the State’s Attorney] . . . and . . . not arrogate unto our branch supervisory powers which the Constitution does not bestow’”
• providing that “separation of powers ‘compels that we brook no lightly assumed interference by the judicial branch with the function of [the State’s Attorney] . . . and . . . not arrogate unto our branch supervisory powers which the Constitution does not bestow’”
• proper remedy when prosecutor possesses confidential information concerning defendant is to bar prosecutor’s participation in new trial, not dismissal
• state’s attorney disqualified from prosecuting defendant whom he had formerly represented in divorce action
• when prosecutor previously had represented defendant but record showed no actual conflict of interest or improper motive for bringing prosecution, proper remedy was to disqualify prosecutor, not to dismiss charges
• State's Attorney's former representation of defendant merited replacement of prosecutor, not dismissal of indictment

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Oglesby v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2015-02-23· cited 45×
• State Ex Rel. McClanahan v. Hamilton
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1993-04-23· cited 44×
• Alexis v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2014-03-24· cited 43×
• State Ex Rel. Keenan v. Hatcher
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2001-12-10· cited 33×
• State v. Lenarz
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2011-07-19· cited 25×
• Young v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1983-09-29· cited 24×
• Gatewood v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2004-09-08· cited 23×
• Gatewood v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2005-08-15· cited 20×
• Newman v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2003-12-11· cited 17×
• State v. Hatfield
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 1984-10-12· cited 12×
• State v. Griswold
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2003-04-11· cited 10×
• Goldberg v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1989-04-12· cited 7×
• United States v. Wheeler
  Army Court of Criminal Appeals· 2002-06-05· cited 5×
• Syed v. Lee
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2024-08-30· cited 5×
• Carr v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1981-12-03· cited 4×
• Mears v. Town of Oxford
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1982-09-07· cited 4×
• Young v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1982-10-07· cited 3×
• In re: Misc. 4281
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2016-12-02· cited 1×
• (1999)
  Maryland Attorney General Reports· 1999-05-24
• (2011)
  Maryland Attorney General Reports· 2011-10-05

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Cuyler v. Sullivan
  Supreme Court· 1980-05-12· cited 5,389×
• Everhart v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1975-04-14· cited 90×
• Sinclair v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1976-09-14· cited 52×
• State v. Tate
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1936-11-04· cited 45×
• Bartram v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1977-07-07· cited 38×
• State v. Detroit Motors
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1960-07-20· cited 33×
• Montgomery County Board of Appeals v. Walker
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1962-05-11· cited 31×
• People v. Krstovich
  New York County Courts· 1972-11-06· cited 25×
• In Re Ridgely
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1954-06-29· cited 12×
• State v. Ensor and Compton
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1976-05-05· cited 12×
• State v. Brainerd
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1884-01-15· cited 12×
• Sinclair v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1975-06-26· cited 11×
• State v. Lykins
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1979-10-09· cited 8×
• Biller v. Director, Patuxent Institution
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1974-08-08· cited 3×