Sharp v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• discussing ABA Standards for Criminal Justice, Pleas of Guilty, Standard 14-3.3 (3d. ed.)
• “it is the role of the State, not the trial court, to make a plea offer”
• “[The] trial court ‘may exercise wide discretion in fashioning a defendant’s sentence.’ ”
• “[The] trial court ‘may exercise wide discretion in fashioning a defendant’s sentence.’”
• cautioning against trial court involvement in plea negotiations

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

10 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Brown, Bottini & Wilson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2020-08-24· cited 14×
• Cruz-Quintanilla v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2017-07-31· cited 10×
• Howard v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2017-03-28· cited 9×
• State v. Smith
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2020-01-30· cited 6×
• Jackson v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2016-10-26· cited 4×
• Antoine v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2020-04-14· cited 4×
• Howard v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2017-01-31
• Tengeres v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2021-06-17
• Townes v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2025-02-03
• Covington v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2026-05-01

Cites

12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• North Carolina v. Alford
  Supreme Court· 1970-11-23· cited 9,465×
• Johnson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1975-04-16· cited 87×
• Sweetwine v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1980-08-12· cited 60×
• State v. Wilkins
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2006-06-09· cited 47×
• Coleman v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2013-09-24· cited 34×
• Boulden v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2010-05-14· cited 31×
• Jones v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2010-06-17· cited 29×
• Sweetwine v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1979-03-13· cited 27×
• Silver v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2011-06-20· cited 24×
• ABDUL-MALEEK v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2012-04-27· cited 21×
• McGlone v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2008-11-13· cited 14×
• Barnes v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1987-04-10· cited 10×