Thomas v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• the conduct of the trial “must of necessity rest largely in the control and discretion of the presiding judge”
• \The accused claiming the right of self-defense must not have been the aggressor or provoked the conflict.\
• “Generally, evidence is relevant and admissible if it tends either to establish or disprove issues in the case.” (citing Snyder v. State, 361 Md. 580, 591, 762 A.2d 125 (2000))
• “Significantly, appellant never expressed fear for his own safety, nor did he claim, even implicitly that his conduct occurred in a fit of anger or resulted from provocation.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

16 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Morris v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2003-12-04· cited 69×
• Pinkney v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2003-06-20· cited 26×
• McMillan v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2008-09-09· cited 16×
• State v. Peterson
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2004-09-13· cited 15×
• State Board of Physicians v. Bernstein
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2006-03-08· cited 15×
• Khaliq Khan v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2013-09-04· cited 13×
• TETSO v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2012-06-04· cited 11×
• Height v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2009-05-06· cited 9×
• Parker v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2009-05-07· cited 7×
• Robinson v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2003-06-25· cited 5×
• In Re Lavar D.
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2009-12-30· cited 4×
• Rodriguez v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2010-03-24· cited 3×
• Randolph v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2010-06-02· cited 1×
• Ford v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2017-12-20· cited 1×
• Mason v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2023-07-03
• Corman Marine Const. v. McGeady
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2024-08-01

Cites

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

• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Miranda v. Arizona
  Supreme Court· 1966-06-13· cited 58,288×
• Wilhelm v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1974-09-26· cited 259×
• State v. Albrecht
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1994-10-21· cited 213×
• MacK v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1984-08-23· cited 168×
• Merzbacher v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1997-07-28· cited 144×
• Oken v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1992-09-17· cited 141×
• Dykes v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1990-04-11· cited 140×
• Conyers v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1999-05-17· cited 137×
• Thomas v. Maryland
  Supreme Court· 1985-03-25· cited 119×
• Thomas v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1984-10-31· cited 113×
• Burch v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1997-07-03· cited 112×
• State v. Faulkner
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1984-11-21· cited 109×
• Jones v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1996-09-12· cited 99×
• Hof v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1995-03-10· cited 80×
• Smallwood v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1990-08-06· cited 72×
• Cousins v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1976-04-08· cited 71×
• Sims v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1990-05-30· cited 71×
• Williams v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1996-07-30· cited 69×
• Dishman v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1998-12-21· cited 68×