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State v. Shields

Citations

  • 49 Md. 301
  • 1878 Md. LEXIS 45

How courts have described this case

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

  • citing, e.g., 2 Hale, supra, at 310; 2 Hawkins, supra, ch. 47, § 12
  • “a not guilty verdict may not be disturbed or revised by any Maryland court ... if [the] verdict of not guilty has been intentionally rendered by a court”
  • “a not guilty verdict may not be disturbed or revised by any Maryland court ... if [the] verdict of not guilty has been intentionally rendered by a court”
  • under Maryland common law of double jeopardy, a verdict “must stand as an effective protection to the accused”

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Judges: Miller

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