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Smith v. State

Citations

  • 985 A.2d 1204
  • 412 Md. 150
  • 2009 Md. LEXIS 981

How courts have described this case

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

  • stating that the decision to submit an uncharged lesser included offense “presents an important choice for both parties: whether to submit an uncharged lesser included offense to the jury or hope that the jury will choose the desired result when it has an ‘all or nothing’ choice”
  • If a conviction for a greater offense is reversed, a defendant may be convicted of a lesser included offense without a new trial, so long as the reversal is not due to inconsistent verdicts.
  • “misdemeanor theft is a lesser included offense of robbery”

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Judges: Greene

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