Sydnor v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• observing that trial courts should seek “to give the jury the most accurate recitation of the law”
• observing that trial courts should seek “to give the jury the most accurate recitation of the law”
• affirming a self-defense jury instruction that “any response to force or threat of force by [a] robber must be directly proportional” (emphasis added)
• affirming a self-defense jury instruction that “any response to force or threat of force by [a] robber must be directly proportional” (emphasis added)
• “generally [ ] the wise course of action is to give instructions in the form, where applicable, of our Maryland Pattern Jury Instructions ... however, deviation from the recommended language ... does not per se constitute error.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Sydnor v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2001-07-20· cited 12×
• Halloran v. Montgomery County Department of Public Work
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2009-03-31· cited 9×
• Cousar v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2011-04-28· cited 9×
• Howard v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2017-03-28· cited 9×
• Dionas v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2011-07-01· cited 7×
• Goldsberry v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2008-10-06· cited 5×
• Howard v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2017-01-31
• 107oag033
  Maryland Attorney General Reports· 2022-03-02
• Maryland Attorney General Opinion 107OAG033
  Maryland Attorney General Reports· 2022-02-25

Cites

17 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• State v. Hutchinson
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1980-02-25· cited 131×
• State v. Faulkner
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1984-11-21· cited 109×
• Ware v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1997-11-18· cited 104×
• Nightingale v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1988-06-10· cited 72×
• State v. Raines
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1992-05-14· cited 66×
• State v. Martin
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1993-02-17· cited 60×
• Patterson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1999-12-09· cited 60×
• Hall v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1998-01-29· cited 46×
• Willey v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1992-10-13· cited 44×
• Austin v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1992-01-31· cited 42×
• Green v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1998-02-03· cited 24×
• Green v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1999-09-03· cited 22×
• Sheppard v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1988-03-11· cited 18×
• Cantrell v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1987-09-17· cited 15×
• McKay v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1992-01-30· cited 12×
• Mangerich v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1977-12-30· cited 10×
• Redcross v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1998-05-04· cited 10×