Merzbacher v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that the admissibility of evidence is within the “considerable and sound discretion of the trial court”
• stating that the admissibility of evidence is within the \considerable and sound discretion of the trial court\
• noting that the common law rule of \other crimes evidence\ is embodied in Rule 5-404(b)
• noting that the common law rule of “other crimes evidence” is embodied in Rule 5 — 404(b)
• stating that the rationale underlying Rule 5-404 is “to prevent a jury from punishing a defendant for having a ‘criminal propensity’ ”
• reiterating that the rationale for the rule is “to prevent a jury from punishing a defendant for having a ‘criminal propensity’ ” (citation omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• John Merzbacher v. Bobby Shearin
  Fourth Circuit· 2013-01-25· cited 123×
• State v. Simms
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2011-07-15· cited 75×
• Wynn v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1998-10-05· cited 70×
• Ruffin Hotel Corp. v. Gasper
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2011-03-21· cited 69×
• Snyder v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2000-11-16· cited 56×
• Streater v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1999-02-17· cited 53×
• Gray v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2002-04-11· cited 53×
• Thomas v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2007-03-16· cited 51×
• B. SIFRIT v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2004-08-27· cited 50×
• Pantazes v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2003-08-29· cited 45×
• Fuentes v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2017-07-12· cited 45×
• Martin v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2001-07-09· cited 44×
• State v. Putz
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 2003-06-06· cited 43×
• Robinson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1997-11-19· cited 42×
• Carroll v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2012-09-27· cited 42×
• Hopkins v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1998-12-11· cited 41×
• State v. Taylor
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1997-10-14· cited 41×
• Carter v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2001-11-21· cited 41×
• Kelly v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2006-05-08· cited 39×
• Hurst v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2007-07-31· cited 39×

Cites

45 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×
• In Re WINSHIP
  Supreme Court· 1970-05-18· cited 11,712×
• Delaware v. Van Arsdall
  Supreme Court· 1986-04-07· cited 7,102×
• Pointer v. Texas
  Supreme Court· 1965-04-05· cited 4,761×
• Holland v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1955-01-31· cited 3,238×
• Victor v. Nebraska
  Supreme Court· 1994-05-16· cited 1,656×
• Mills v. Maryland
  Supreme Court· 1988-06-06· cited 1,392×
• United States v. Larry W. Masters
  Fourth Circuit· 1980-05-22· cited 343×
• United States v. Grady William Powers
  Fourth Circuit· 1995-07-14· cited 225×
• Ashley v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1993-06-07· cited 223×
• Ross v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1976-01-12· cited 201×
• Hunt v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1990-12-28· cited 176×
• MacK v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1984-08-23· cited 168×
• State v. Faulkner
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1989-02-07· cited 137×
• Thomas v. Maryland
  Supreme Court· 1985-03-25· cited 119×
• Thomas v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1984-10-31· cited 113×
• Poole v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1983-01-07· cited 99×
• Armstead v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1996-03-20· cited 95×
• State v. Cox
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1983-12-22· cited 89×
• Harris v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1991-11-01· cited 82×