Schowgurow v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that “[t]he conclusion is inescapable” that the jury at the petitioner’s trial was required to declare a belief in God because Article 36, at that time, imposed such a requirement and there exists a “strong presumption” that judges perform their duties
• overturning conviction by jury assembled under Maryland requirement of belief in God
• overturning conviction by jury assembled under Maryland requirement of belief in God

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

186 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Benton v. Maryland
  Supreme Court· 1969-06-23· cited 4,063×
• Bloom v. Illinois
  Supreme Court· 1968-05-20· cited 1,167×
• John A. Spinkellink, 1 v. Louie L. Wainwright, Secretary, Florida Department of Offender Rehabilitation
  Fifth Circuit· 1978-08-21· cited 403×
• People v. Fields
  California Supreme Court· 1983-12-29· cited 392×
• Evans v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1975-11-25· cited 201×
• Edgar Labat and Clifton Alton Poret v. Robert B. Bennett, Acting Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary
  Fifth Circuit· 1966-09-30· cited 144×
• Town of Somerset v. Montgomery County Board of Appeals
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1966-12-16· cited 94×
• Boone v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1968-01-24· cited 88×
• Beales v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1993-02-05· cited 81×
• Boone v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1967-09-28· cited 80×
• Alvarado v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1971-07-06· cited 79×
• United States v. Ivan T. Joseph
  D.C. Circuit· 1989-12-29· cited 69×
• Eanes v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1990-02-08· cited 69×
• State v. Chaney
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2003-06-10· cited 64×
• Lindsay v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1969-11-17· cited 57×
• Borman v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1967-05-10· cited 56×
• Nicolas v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2012-05-08· cited 56×
• Hutchinson v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1967-06-02· cited 52×
• Fabian v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1968-02-29· cited 51×
• Shipley v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1966-06-27· cited 51×

Cites

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

• Mapp v. Ohio
  Supreme Court· 1961-10-09· cited 9,088×
• Gideon v. Wainwright
  Supreme Court· 1963-03-18· cited 8,419×
• Escobedo v. Illinois
  Supreme Court· 1964-06-22· cited 5,250×
• Linkletter v. Walker
  Supreme Court· 1965-06-07· cited 2,898×
• Chicot County Drainage District v. Baxter State Bank
  Supreme Court· 1940-01-02· cited 1,225×
• United States v. Seeger
  Supreme Court· 1965-03-08· cited 1,113×
• Great Northern Railway Co. v. Sunburst Oil & Refining Co.
  Supreme Court· 1932-12-05· cited 855×
• Hernandez v. Texas
  Supreme Court· 1954-05-03· cited 774×
• Torcaso v. Watkins
  Supreme Court· 1961-06-19· cited 547×
• Avery v. Georgia
  Supreme Court· 1953-07-14· cited 541×
• Durham v. United States
  D.C. Circuit· 1954-09-10· cited 486×
• Eubanks v. Louisiana
  Supreme Court· 1958-05-26· cited 243×
• Williams v. Georgia
  Supreme Court· 1955-06-06· cited 156×
• Lewis v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1929-12-04· cited 83×
• Mefford and Blackburn v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1964-07-07· cited 74×
• Craig v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1959-11-17· cited 52×
• Allen v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1964-07-07· cited 41×
• Manning v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1965-02-02· cited 33×
• Levitsky v. Levitsky
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1963-05-07· cited 30×
• Juarez v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1925-11-25· cited 28×