State v. Crawford

How courts have described this case

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

• setting forth same necessity instruction to charge of possession of a firearm by convicted felon
• applying the common law choice of evils defense in the absence of a statute
• explicating the specific requirements for necessity when unlawfully possessing a firearm
• reasonable apprehension of imminent danger element of defense to unlawful possession of handgun
• reasonable apprehension of imminent danger element of defense to unlawful possession of handgun
• defense of necessity exists to charge of carrying a concealed weapon

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Eanes v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1990-02-08· cited 69×
• Marquardt v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2005-09-08· cited 57×
• Blue v. Prince George's County
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2013-09-27· cited 52×
• Wynn v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1988-09-01· cited 49×
• Wieland v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1994-06-28· cited 45×
• Humphrey v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2001-10-23· cited 36×
• People v. Dupree
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 2009-05-28· cited 33×
• State v. Castrillo
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1991-10-15· cited 31×
• Eldridge v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1993-02-10· cited 29×
• State v. Ramos
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2004-11-23· cited 25×
• Marrero v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1987-12-15· cited 23×
• Webb v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1988-02-10· cited 22×
• McMillan v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2012-08-24· cited 22×
• Mangum v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1996-05-15· cited 20×
• Conaty v. Solem
  South Dakota Supreme Court· 1988-04-13· cited 15×
• State v. Maumalanga
  Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals· 1998-08-11· cited 11×
• State v. Smith
  South Dakota Supreme Court· 2023-07-12· cited 7×
• Graham v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2003-06-26· cited 5×
• Williams v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2009-10-30· cited 5×
• Howell v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2019-08-22· cited 5×

Cites

18 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• United States v. James Thomas Nolan
  Ninth Circuit· 1983-06-13· cited 119×
• United States v. Edgar Cherry Gant
  Fifth Circuit· 1982-11-09· cited 113×
• People v. King
  California Supreme Court· 1978-08-29· cited 97×
• Bruce v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2001-09-11· cited 95×
• Sigma Reproductive Health Center v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1983-11-22· cited 90×
• Johnson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1983-05-18· cited 85×
• State v. Blache
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1985-12-02· cited 60×
• State v. Spaulding
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1980-08-29· cited 51×
• Smith v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1985-01-10· cited 50×
• Medley v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1982-07-14· cited 48×
• United States v. Henry Agard
  Second Circuit· 1979-09-17· cited 47×
• Frasher v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1970-01-14· cited 33×
• State v. Walton
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1981-10-21· cited 27×
• Osborne v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1981-10-07· cited 23×
• Mungin v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1984-11-09· cited 16×
• United States v. Lonnie Dwain Clark, A/K/A Chick Clark
  Fifth Circuit· 1984-08-31· cited 12×
• Duvall v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1979-10-26· cited 11×
• Crawford v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1985-02-13· cited 1×