Mitchell 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 in a summary contempt proceeding, under Maryland nonconstitutional criminal law, in the interest of justice the defendant was entitled to \at least a brief opportunity for allocution before imposing sentence\
• holding in a summary contempt proceeding, under Maryland nonconstitutional criminal law, in the interest of justice the defendant was entitled to “at least a brief opportunity for allocution before imposing sentence”
• holding as a matter of Maryland nonconstitutional criminal law that a defendant in a summary criminal contempt proceeding is entitled to at least a brief opportunity for allocution before imposition of sentence
• in which the court summarily imposed sanctions for Mitchell’s contempt during his sentencing proceeding immediately after imposing the sentence for the underlying crime
• defendant's obscene gesture to judge following imposition of sentence constituted direct contempt
• “Criminal contempt is a crime in every fundamental respect.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

15 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Hopping v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1994-08-01· cited 48×
• Owens v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1999-02-12· cited 47×
• Attorney Grievance Commission v. Mahone
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2007-04-10· cited 42×
• Archer v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2004-10-07· cited 32×
• Dorsey v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1999-10-14· cited 32×
• Smith v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2006-08-03· cited 27×
• Ashford v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2000-04-19· cited 26×
• Smith v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2004-07-29· cited 21×
• Hammonds v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2013-12-03· cited 17×
• King v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2007-07-31· cited 16×
• Espinosa v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2011-04-05· cited 8×
• Sensabaugh v. Gorday
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1992-02-05· cited 7×
• Johnson v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1994-06-06· cited 7×
• Barksdale v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1998-06-30· cited 1×
• (1999)
  Maryland Attorney General Reports· 1999-05-24

Cites

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

• Illinois v. Allen
  Supreme Court· 1970-04-06· cited 3,248×
• In Re Oliver
  Supreme Court· 1948-03-08· cited 2,065×
• Bloom v. Illinois
  Supreme Court· 1968-05-20· cited 1,167×
• Cooke v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1925-04-13· cited 880×
• Young v. United States Ex Rel. Vuitton Et Fils S. A.
  Supreme Court· 1987-05-26· cited 815×
• Mayberry v. Pennsylvania
  Supreme Court· 1971-01-20· cited 732×
• Taylor v. Hayes
  Supreme Court· 1974-06-26· cited 663×
• Ex Parte Terry
  Supreme Court· 1888-11-12· cited 567×
• Sacher v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1952-04-21· cited 462×
• Groppi v. Leslie
  Supreme Court· 1972-01-13· cited 205×
• State v. Roll and Scholl
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1973-01-17· cited 117×
• Commonwealth v. Africa
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-03-17· cited 89×
• Harris v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1988-04-05· cited 74×
• Booth v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1987-06-15· cited 70×
• Attorney Grievance Commission v. Alison
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1989-11-07· cited 60×
• Harris v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1986-05-23· cited 57×
• Surratt v. Prince George's County
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1990-09-04· cited 50×
• Commonwealth v. Stevenson
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-10-05· cited 33×
• Kandel v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1969-03-12· cited 33×
• State v. Sayre
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1989-01-23· cited 32×