McDonald 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 jury could find that appellant was in constructive possession of the weapon
• holding the evidence was sufficient to support a finding that the lessee driver of a vehicle had knowingly transported a handgun recovered from the trunk of the vehicle in question
• “The language of [a] specific section prevails over the definition . . . in [a] general definitions section[.]”
• “The language of [a] specific section prevails over the definition . . . in [a] general definitions section[.]”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

5 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Handy v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2007-08-31· cited 17×
• Correll v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2013-12-19· cited 15×
• Steward v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2014-08-27· cited 9×
• CountiesCommissioner County Powers –Whether Commissioner Counties May Provide for a Different Definition of \Newspaper\ than Provided in Section 1-113 of The General Provisions Article – Whether a Change in the Definition of \Newspaper\ Would Be an \Administrative Act\ that Could Be Taken Without a Public Hearing
  Maryland Attorney General Reports· 2021-11-09
• Scott v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2025-12-17

Cites

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

• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Oaks v. Connors
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1995-06-26· cited 257×
• Tucker v. Fireman's Fund Insurance
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1986-11-24· cited 254×
• Conyers v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1999-05-17· cited 137×
• Ware v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2000-09-14· cited 116×
• Lewis v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1998-02-13· cited 101×
• Bloodsworth v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1986-07-29· cited 96×
• Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Inc. v. Department of Employment & Training
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1987-03-23· cited 83×
• Derry v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2000-03-17· cited 82×
• State v. Pagano
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1996-01-16· cited 82×
• Binnie v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1991-01-10· cited 77×
• White v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1991-11-12· cited 58×
• Gardner v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1997-02-21· cited 58×
• Huffman v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1999-12-07· cited 51×
• Langston v. Langston
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2001-11-13· cited 50×
• State v. Funkhouser
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2001-09-27· cited 44×
• Board of License Commissioners v. Toye
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1999-05-14· cited 39×
• Cianos v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1995-06-06· cited 33×
• Martin v. Beverage Capital Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1999-03-25· cited 29×
• Hayes v. Mountain Comprehensive Care Center
  Supreme Court· 2001-01-16· cited 24×