Shifflett 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 reason for allocution is to improve truth-finding process by considering comments from defendant's perspective
• holding reason for allocution is to improve truth-finding process by considering comments from defendant’s perspective
• requiring as part of right to allocution that defendant be allowed \to respond to the new substantive remarks of the prosecutor\
• “the raison d’etre of allocution as it exists in Maryland is to improve the truth-finding process by considering comments from the defendant’s perspective”
• “The ability to speak in mitigation of punishment under the circumstances of this case necessarily entailed the opportunity to respond to the new substantive remarks of the prosecutor.”
• \The ability to speak in mitigation of punishment under the circumstances of this case necessarily entailed the opportunity to respond to the new substantive remarks of the prosecutor.\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

5 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Jones
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 2018-03-22· cited 113×
• Shelton v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2000-01-05· cited 90×
• Thanos v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1993-04-05· cited 64×
• Mitchell v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1990-10-09· cited 26×
• Clermont v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1998-01-20· cited 20×

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Booth v. Maryland
  Supreme Court· 1987-09-21· cited 1,501×
• Logan v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1981-02-11· cited 117×
• State v. Lyles
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1986-11-25· cited 87×
• Harris v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1988-04-05· cited 74×
• Booth v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1987-06-15· cited 70×
• Harris v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1986-05-23· cited 57×
• State v. Fuller
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1987-02-10· cited 32×
• Kent v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1980-04-08· cited 31×
• Miller v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1986-05-22· cited 4×