Purnell v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• “It is almost, if not universally, held that opprobrious or kindly and commendable action on the part of a convict may be considered in sentencing as a matter either of aggravation or mitigation of possible punishment.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

13 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Johnson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1982-01-07· cited 143×
• Logan v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1981-02-11· cited 117×
• Bartholomey v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1972-12-04· cited 115×
• State v. Reeves
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 1990-03-16· cited 103×
• Scott v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1983-09-19· cited 74×
• Lodowski v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1986-03-24· cited 74×
• Baker v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1968-02-27· cited 51×
• Huffington v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1985-11-13· cited 46×
• Smith v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1986-11-28· cited 41×
• Reid v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1985-04-25· cited 39×
• Henry v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1974-02-27· cited 15×
• Logan v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1980-02-13· cited 2×
• State v. Shabazz
  Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals· 2001-10-04