Summers v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that an improper discussion between two jurors outside the presence of the rest of the jury results in a “greatly diminished” concern of a tainted verdict when compared to contact between a juror and a third party
• noting that an improper discussion between two jurors outside the presence of the rest of the jury results in a “greatly diminished” concern of a tainted verdict when compared to contact between a juror and a third party
• “When the trial judge is able to voir dire a juror about the improper contact and assess how it may affect the juror’s prospective ability to deliberate or to render a fair verdict, the presumption of prejudice may not be warranted.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

8 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Nash v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2014-06-20· cited 28×
• Dillard v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2010-08-25· cited 21×
• Jones-Harris v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2008-03-13· cited 12×
• Dorsey v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2009-03-30· cited 11×
• Dionas v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2011-07-01· cited 7×
• Wardlaw v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2009-05-08· cited 6×
• Brewer v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2014-10-29· cited 4×
• Cooch v. S & D River Island, LLC
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2014-02-27· cited 3×

Cites

19 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• United States v. Olano
  Supreme Court· 1993-04-26· cited 16,571×
• Smith v. Phillips
  Supreme Court· 1982-02-22· cited 3,512×
• Remmer v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1954-03-08· cited 1,718×
• Turner v. Louisiana
  Supreme Court· 1965-01-18· cited 1,063×
• State v. Woodall
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1989-07-06· cited 72×
• Jenkins v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2003-06-12· cited 70×
• Jackson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1995-12-07· cited 54×
• Facon v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2003-06-13· cited 50×
• Carter v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2001-11-21· cited 41×
• Allen v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1991-10-30· cited 39×
• State v. McDonald
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 1988-10-07· cited 34×
• People v. Gilyard
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1970-04-27· cited 31×
• Eades v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1988-06-06· cited 25×
• Facon v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2002-02-05· cited 21×
• Wilson v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1968-05-21· cited 17×
• Wright v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2000-03-30· cited 10×
• State v. Griffin
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1997-07-11· cited 7×
• People v. Saunders
  New York Supreme Court· 1983-07-14· cited 4×
• Benjamin v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2000-04-07· cited 3×