Smith v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• terri- torial jurisdiction is subject matter jurisdiction and may be raised, by a litigant or by a court sua sponte, at any time
• “Venue is the place where the trial may properly occur. Jurisdiction, on the other hand, refers to the power of the court to adjudicate the matter before it.”
• “The common law venue for any crime is the county where the crime is committed, the locus criminis. In Maryland, the common law of venue controls unless modified by statute.” (internal citations omitted)
• “Improper venue is a “defense or objection” which, under Md. Rule 4- 252, must be raised by motion before trial. If the issue is not raised in a timely motion it is waived.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

8 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Mills
  Oregon Supreme Court· 2013-10-17· cited 48×
• State v. Butler
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1999-02-19· cited 32×
• People v. Lewis
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2017-11-30· cited 10×
• Bernadyn v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2003-09-05· cited 5×
• State v. Williams
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 2023-05-17· cited 3×
• Mungo v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2023-07-25
• Maryland Attorney General Opinion 110OAG110
  Maryland Attorney General Reports· 2025-12-23
• Wittwer v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2026-05-01

Cites

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

• In Re WINSHIP
  Supreme Court· 1970-05-18· cited 11,712×
• Huntington v. Attrill
  Supreme Court· 1892-12-12· cited 815×
• State v. Williams
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1979-11-14· cited 100×
• Breeding v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1959-06-08· cited 99×
• State v. Grady
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1975-10-07· cited 72×
• State v. Fetters
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1972-11-15· cited 70×
• State v. Thomas
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1974-05-22· cited 51×
• Urciolo v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1974-10-10· cited 37×
• McBurney v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1977-03-23· cited 37×
• State v. Vick
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1973-03-28· cited 32×
• State v. Allen
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1980-06-18· cited 31×
• Kisner v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1956-04-09· cited 31×
• State v. Wardenburg
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1968-04-09· cited 30×
• State v. Tomlinson
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1976-06-30· cited 27×
• State v. Jones
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1982-04-07· cited 25×
• State v. Roblow
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 1993-07-02· cited 23×
• Stout v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1892-11-17· cited 22×
• Lett v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1982-06-02· cited 17×
• Martin v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1996-12-30· cited 16×
• Bane v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1992-07-22· cited 16×