Ruffin 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 that a \trial court must closely adhere to the approved pattern instruction on the presumption of innocence and reasonable doubt[ ]\
• observing that the “reasonable doubt standard of proof is an essential component in every criminal proceeding”
• noting that the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution and Article 24 of the Maryland Declaration of Rights guarantee that a criminal defendant shall only be convicted upon proof beyond a reasonable doubt.
• “[A]s a matter of non-constitutional Maryland criminal law, in every criminal jury trial, the trial court shall instruct the jury utilizing the Maryland Criminal Pattern Jury Instruction on the presumption of innocence and proof beyond a reasonable doubt, MPJI-CR 2:02.”
• “We hold that in every criminal jury trial, the trial court is required to instruct the jury on the presumption of innocence and the reasonable doubt standard of proof which closely adheres to MPJI-Cr 2:02. Deviations in substance will not be tolerated.”
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Cited by

20 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Carroll v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2012-09-27· cited 42×
• Savoy v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2011-06-23· cited 36×
• Brown v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2008-10-02· cited 18×
• King v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2007-07-31· cited 16×
• McMillan v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2008-09-09· cited 16×
• State v. Fennell
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2013-05-17· cited 13×
• Carroll v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2011-12-05· cited 13×
• Drake v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2009-07-07· cited 11×
• Carrero-Vasquez v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2013-03-21· cited 11×
• Ingram v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2012-08-21· cited 10×
• Drake and Charles v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2009-07-07· cited 8×
• Winters v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2013-09-25· cited 8×
• Allen v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2012-04-27· cited 5×
• Holmes v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2013-01-24· cited 3×
• McCree v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2013-09-24· cited 2×
• Anderson v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2016-04-27· cited 1×
• Christian & Milligan v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2014-10-03
• Street v. Upper Chesapeake Med. Ctr.
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2024-03-01
• Armacost v. Davis
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2019-01-25
• Johnson v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2025-07-09

Cites

44 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×
• Victor v. Nebraska
  Supreme Court· 1994-05-16· cited 1,656×
• Cage v. Louisiana
  Supreme Court· 1990-11-13· cited 1,172×
• Owens-Illinois, Inc. v. Zenobia
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1992-02-14· cited 337×
• Commonwealth v. Young
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-03-25· cited 276×
• Williams v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1981-12-28· cited 209×
• Merzbacher v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1997-07-28· cited 144×
• State v. Hawkins
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1992-04-13· cited 132×
• State v. Portillo
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1995-06-29· cited 115×
• State v. West
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1993-09-30· cited 113×
• Stevenson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1980-12-17· cited 109×
• Kelley v. R.G. Industries, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1985-10-03· cited 105×
• Boblitz v. Boblitz
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1983-06-30· cited 95×
• Winegeart v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1996-05-24· cited 84×
• Montgomery v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1981-12-04· cited 81×
• Graham v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1992-02-12· cited 75×
• State v. Grady
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1975-10-07· cited 72×
• Richmond v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1993-04-26· cited 63×
• Kelly v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1973-10-31· cited 61×