Sinclair v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• asserting “that when a State’s Attorney determines that the public interest requires prosecution, it is his duty to zealously seek to convict those guilty of crime”
• precluding district attorney from prosecuting a criminal case while representing private parties in related civil matters
• prosecutor may have financial and personal stake in civil litigation that is related to a criminal case in which he is participating
• prosecutors were interested in the outcome of a trial where they represented parties holding notes against the defendants
• “It is clear that state’s attorneys in this State have very wide and largely unreviewable discretion as to whether or not to pursue the prosecution of criminal offenses.”
• \[IJf a prosecutor has ... any pecuniary interest ... which may impair his obligation in a criminal matter to act impartially ... then he is . disqualified....\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• United States v. Heldt
  D.C. Circuit· 1981-10-02· cited 272×
• People v. Superior Court (Greer)
  California Supreme Court· 1977-03-30· cited 170×
• People v. Vasquez
  California Supreme Court· 2006-07-10· cited 64×
• Jones v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1976-12-14· cited 60×
• Commonwealth v. Tabor
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-12-13· cited 59×
• People v. Battin
  California Court of Appeal· 1978-01-18· cited 42×
• Pisa v. Commonwealth
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-08-09· cited 34×
• State v. Hohman
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1980-07-24· cited 33×
• Lykins v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1980-06-23· cited 32×
• Blanton v. Barrick
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1977-10-19· cited 31×
• Food Fair Stores, Inc. v. Joy
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1978-07-17· cited 29×
• Commonwealth v. Ellis
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1999-04-14· cited 29×
• Atlantic Richfield Co. v. Sybert
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1983-02-07· cited 27×
• Philip Morris Inc. v. Glendening
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1998-05-19· cited 27×
• Smith v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2006-08-03· cited 27×
• Young v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1983-09-29· cited 24×
• Commonwealth v. Dunlap
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-08-17· cited 22×
• State Ex Rel. Taylor Associates v. Nuzum
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1985-05-29· cited 21×
• Gatewood v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2005-08-15· cited 20×
• State v. Runge
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1989-11-27· cited 19×

Cites

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

• Maryland State Bar Ass'n v. Agnew
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1974-05-02· cited 182×
• People v. Gerold
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1914-12-16· cited 151×
• Willis Lansing Ganger v. C. C. Peyton, Superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary, Appellant(two Cases)
  Fourth Circuit· 1967-05-30· cited 114×
• State v. Latigue
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1972-11-17· cited 65×
• State v. Chambers
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1974-06-19· cited 55×
• State v. Tate
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1936-11-04· cited 45×
• State v. Detroit Motors
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1960-07-20· cited 33×
• Montgomery County Board of Appeals v. Walker
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1962-05-11· cited 31×
• Rippon v. Mercantile-Safe Deposit & Trust Co.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1957-05-07· cited 31×
• Ewell v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1955-05-17· cited 31×
• Commonwealth v. Dunlap
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-03-31· cited 27×
• People v. Krstovich
  New York County Courts· 1972-11-06· cited 25×
• People v. Jiminez
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1974-12-02· cited 21×
• Keyes v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1964-07-23· cited 17×
• Hosford v. Eno
  South Dakota Supreme Court· 1918-09-03· cited 16×
• State v. Goodwin
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1967-12-08· cited 13×
• State v. Basham
  South Dakota Supreme Court· 1969-08-13· cited 13×
• Hopkins v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1974-12-19· cited 12×
• In Re Ridgely
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1954-06-29· cited 12×
• Sinclair v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1975-06-26· cited 11×

Other cases named Sinclair v. State

74 other CourtListener records share this case name; the 50 most cited are listed.

• Sinclair v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1995-06-22· cited 51×
• Sinclair v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 1995-02-22· cited 30×
• Sinclair v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1950-04-04· cited 26×
• Sinclair v. State
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1986-03-25· cited 23×
• Sinclair v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2015-07-27· cited 20×
• Sinclair v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1952-10-08· cited 16×
• Sinclair v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2008-09-03· cited 14×
• Sinclair v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2003-08-29· cited 12×
• Sinclair v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2011-01-05· cited 12×
• Sinclair v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1975-06-26· cited 11×
• Sinclair v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2013-09-25· cited 10×
• Sinclair v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2001-02-19· cited 9×
• Sinclair v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2011-05-26· cited 6×
• Sinclair v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1998-08-19· cited 5×
• Sinclair v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2008-02-06· cited 5×
• Sinclair v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2002-04-16· cited 5×
• Sinclair v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1958-03-12· cited 4×
• Sinclair v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1905-11-15· cited 4×
• Sinclair v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2011-06-29· cited 2×
• Sinclair v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1994-11-10· cited 2×
• Sinclair v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2007-07-12· cited 2×
• Sinclair v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2008-11-19· cited 1×
• Sinclair v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2014-02-13· cited 1×
• Sinclair v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2013-10-31· cited 1×
• Sinclair v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2002-04-04· cited 1×
• Sinclair v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2010-01-01
• Sinclair v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2010-05-26
• Sinclair v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2009-10-07
• Sinclair v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2009-09-02
• Sinclair v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2006-11-27
• Sinclair v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2007-04-18
• Sinclair v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2009-01-07
• Sinclair v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2009-04-08
• Sinclair v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2009-05-14
• Sinclair v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2009-03-11
• Sinclair v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2008-09-17
• Sinclair v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2008-07-16
• Sinclair v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2006-06-02
• Sinclair v. State
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 2002-01-25
• Sinclair v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2008-03-11
• Sinclair v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2007-11-06
• Sinclair v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2011-04-13
• Sinclair v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2011-04-20
• Sinclair v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2010-10-06
• Sinclair v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2015-07-27
• Sinclair v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2017-06-15
• Sinclair v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1963-12-06
• Sinclair v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2013-11-27
• Sinclair v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2017-02-08
• Sinclair v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2010-11-24