State v. Purcell

How courts have described this case

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

• finding parallel construction illustrative of legislative intent when interpreting a five-year statute of limitations provision of the Crimes and Punishments Article of the Maryland Code
• upholding State’s right of appeal where court granted Purcell probation before judgment in violation of § 641(a)(2), thus “failfing] to impose the sentence specifically mandated by the Code”
• “ ‘Generally, in construing penal statutes we employ the “rule of lenity,” that is, statutes are strictly construed, in favor of the accused,’ ” quoting State v. Kennedy, 320 Md. 749, 754, 580 A.2d 193, 195 (1990)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Moore v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2005-09-07· cited 35×
• Tapscott v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1996-11-04· cited 33×
• Maryland House of Correction v. Fields
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1997-12-15· cited 30×
• People's Insurance Counsel Division v. Allstate Insurance
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2009-04-15· cited 25×
• State v. Weems
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2012-11-20· cited 19×
• Maryland House of Correction v. Fields
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1996-12-27· cited 2×

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Morris v. Prince George's County
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1990-05-31· cited 117×
• Spitzinger v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1995-10-04· cited 40×
• Dillsworth v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1987-01-27· cited 36×
• State v. Kennedy
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1990-10-09· cited 31×
• Shilling v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1990-08-03· cited 26×
• McCrimmon v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2015-10-27· cited 4×
• State v. Fincham
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1987-05-11· cited 3×
• State v. McGrath
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1988-11-30· cited 1×