State v. Evans

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that it is improper to infer malice from the directing of a deadly weapon at a vital part of the human anatomy because the use of deadly force does not itself negate the absence of mitigating circumstances
• observing that “Maryland has consistently held that [jury] instructions need not and should not be given on particular defenses unless and until there is evidence sufficient to generate a legitimate jury issue with respect to a particular defense”
• observing that \Maryland has consistently held that [jury] instructions need not and should not be given on particular defenses unless and until there is evidence sufficient to generate a legitimate jury issue with respect to a particular defense\
• “Under such an indictment the accused could be found guilty of the lesser offenses of murder in the second degree and manslaughter”
• “Under such an indictment [charging that defendant ‘feloniously, willfully, and of deliberately premeditated malice aforethought’ murdered victim] the accused could be found guilty of the lesser offenses of murder in the second degree and manslaughter.”
• aff'g Evans v. State, 28 Md.App. 640, 349 A.2d 300 (1975)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Engle v. Isaac
  Supreme Court· 1982-06-21· cited 3,714×
• People v. Dillon
  California Supreme Court· 1983-09-01· cited 1,034×
• People v. Aaron
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1980-11-24· cited 413×
• Tichnell v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1980-06-10· cited 300×
• Newton v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1977-05-05· cited 189×
• State v. Julius
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1991-07-03· cited 145×
• Johnson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1982-01-07· cited 143×
• Dykes v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1990-04-11· cited 140×
• Conyers v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1999-05-17· cited 137×
• State v. Hutchinson
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1980-02-25· cited 131×
• Walczak v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1985-03-06· cited 122×
• Thomas v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1984-10-31· cited 113×
• State v. Faulkner
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1984-11-21· cited 109×
• Simmons v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1988-06-28· cited 107×
• State v. Ward
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1978-12-21· cited 93×
• Fisher and Utley v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2001-12-17· cited 83×
• Squire v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1977-04-15· cited 83×
• Hof v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1995-03-10· cited 80×
• Commonwealth v. Robinson
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1981-01-06· cited 79×
• State v. Kirtley
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1978-11-28· cited 78×