Robertson v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• “Because an alibi is not an affirmative defense, a specific alibi instruction eliminates the possibility that the jury will place the burden of proof on the defense with respect to that issue.”
• Maryland follows federal court principles that “a defendant is entitled to have the judge instruct the jury on his theory of defense provided that it is supported by law and has some foundation in the evidence.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

20 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Simms
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2011-07-15· cited 75×
• General v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2002-01-14· cited 36×
• Marr v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2000-09-11· cited 25×
• Green v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1998-02-03· cited 24×
• Martin v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2005-10-28· cited 21×
• Simms v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2010-09-03· cited 12×
• Molock v. Dorchester County Family YMCA, Inc.
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2001-08-30· cited 11×
• Boone v. AMERICAN MANUFACTURE'S MUT. INS. CO.
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2003-03-26· cited 11×
• Schmitt v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2001-08-31· cited 10×
• Cousar v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2011-04-28· cited 9×
• Moye v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2001-07-09· cited 5×
• Goldsberry v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2008-10-06· cited 5×
• Dishman v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1997-12-01· cited 5×
• In Re Lavar D.
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2009-12-30· cited 4×
• Williams v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2019-01-18· cited 4×
• Mayor and City Council of Baltimore v. Hart
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2006-02-02· cited 2×
• State v. Mann
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2019-12-19· cited 2×
• Boone v. American Manufacturers Mutual Insurance
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2003-03-26· cited 1×
• State v. Stalter
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 2023-03-21
• Edwards v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2025-10-31

Cites

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

• In Re WINSHIP
  Supreme Court· 1970-05-18· cited 11,712×
• United States v. Crystal Mason, Edward Young
  Ninth Circuit· 1990-05-10· cited 184×
• Johnson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1985-07-17· cited 171×
• McKenna v. Nevada
  Supreme Court· 1986-01-21· cited 153×
• Bruce v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2001-09-11· cited 95×
• United States v. William H. Wilson, Jr.
  First Circuit· 1986-07-30· cited 93×
• Couser v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1978-03-10· cited 87×
• Hof v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1995-03-10· cited 80×
• Binnie v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1991-01-10· cited 77×
• United States v. Jesse Lewis
  Fifth Circuit· 1979-04-10· cited 76×
• State v. Grady
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1975-10-07· cited 72×
• United States v. Thomas F. Scafe
  Tenth Circuit· 1987-06-15· cited 71×
• Sims v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1990-05-30· cited 71×
• United States v. Leonard Finestone
  Eleventh Circuit· 1987-05-07· cited 70×
• United States v. Benjamin Jerome Hicks, United States of America v. Frankie Randall
  Fourth Circuit· 1984-11-07· cited 69×
• Commonwealth v. Fromal
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-03-22· cited 68×
• Albert B. Brooke v. United States
  D.C. Circuit· 1967-05-23· cited 67×
• Jack Henry Smith v. S. Lamont Smith, Warden, Georgia State Prison
  Fifth Circuit· 1972-02-01· cited 59×
• United States v. Steven Carter
  Seventh Circuit· 1990-09-25· cited 56×
• Lansdowne v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1980-02-29· cited 56×