State v. Ward

How courts have described this case

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

• pointing out that the technical procedural rules accompanying the common law doctrine of aceessoryship are illogical and “shield accessories from punishment notwithstanding overwhelming evidence of their criminal assistance”
• pointing out that the technical procedural rules accompanying the common law doctrine of accessoryship are illogical and \shield accessories from punishment notwithstanding overwhelming evidence of their criminal assistance\
• “As an accessory before the fact he is punished as a partaker of the guilt of the principal and is hable to the same punishment as the principal.”
• \As an accessory before the fact he is punished as a partaker of the guilt of the principal and is liable to the same punishment as the principal.\
• “Mary land is one of the few, if not the only state, which has retained [the common law doctrine of accessoryship] in virtually the same form as it existed at the time of William Blackstone in the 18th century,...”
• stating the common law rule

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Standefer v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1980-06-09· cited 693×
• Williams v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1981-12-28· cited 209×
• State v. Sherman
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2008-08-15· cited 193×
• Johnson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1985-07-17· cited 171×
• Dykes v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1990-04-11· cited 140×
• State v. Hawkins
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1992-04-13· cited 132×
• Hook v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1989-02-13· cited 124×
• Lewis v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1979-08-27· cited 116×
• 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. Petry
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1980-12-16· cited 100×
• Williams v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1985-04-24· cited 100×
• Robinson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1999-04-28· cited 96×
• Whittlesey v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1995-09-28· cited 96×
• Ward v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1981-04-07· cited 93×
• Harris v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1985-09-09· cited 91×
• Hardy v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1984-10-22· cited 77×
• Dishman v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1998-12-21· cited 68×
• State v. Raines
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1992-05-14· cited 66×
• Harvey v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1996-08-30· cited 47×

Cites

35 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Gregg v. Georgia
  Supreme Court· 1976-07-22· cited 7,936×
• Furman v. Georgia
  Supreme Court· 1972-06-29· cited 5,066×
• Woodson v. North Carolina
  Supreme Court· 1976-07-02· cited 2,907×
• Jurek v. Texas
  Supreme Court· 1976-07-02· cited 2,034×
• Proffitt v. Florida
  Supreme Court· 1976-07-22· cited 1,798×
• Roberts v. Louisiana
  Supreme Court· 1976-10-12· cited 802×
• State v. Evans
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1976-07-15· cited 210×
• Gladden v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1974-12-23· cited 117×
• Bartholomey v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1972-12-04· cited 115×
• State v. Brockman
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1976-05-21· cited 96×
• Blackwell v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1976-11-09· cited 67×
• Agresti v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1967-10-27· cited 66×
• Davis v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1873-04-18· cited 65×
• Stansbury v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1958-11-20· cited 63×
• Davis v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1964-12-07· cited 61×
• State v. Canova
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1976-11-15· cited 59×
• Davis v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1874-01-29· cited 58×
• Stewart v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1978-05-22· cited 54×
• Weighorst v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1855-06-15· cited 45×
• State v. Williamson
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1978-02-21· cited 40×