Ray v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• in light of concerns for fairness and procedural safeguards in the criminal law context, “exclusive application of contract law is inappropriate”
• a court “must determine what a reasonable lay person in the defendant’s position would understand the agreed-upon sentence to be, based on the record developed at the plea proceeding”
• when terms of a plea agreement are clear and unambiguous, it is unnecessary to look elsewhere; but, if a disputed provision is ambiguous, we seek “to determine what a defendant reasonably understood at the time of [entering the] plea”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

4 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Brown, Bottini & Wilson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2020-08-24· cited 14×
• Hughes v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2019-11-07· cited 3×
• Tolan v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2019-08-28
• Hammond v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2023-02-02

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Towson University v. Conte
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2004-11-17· cited 114×
• United States v. Jordan
  Fourth Circuit· 2007-12-04· cited 61×
• Cuffley v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2010-10-28· cited 47×
• Dotson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1991-01-07· cited 36×
• Brendsel v. WINCHESTER CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2006-05-10· cited 32×
• Matthews v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2012-01-26· cited 29×
• Solorzano v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2007-03-19· cited 23×
• Baines v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2010-10-28· cited 23×
• Tshiwala v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2012-01-23· cited 21×
• Hartman v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2017-03-27· cited 8×
• Ray v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2016-09-29· cited 5×