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.

• noting that the defense “must show some unnecessary suggestiveness in the procedures employed by the police”
• recognizing this rule “permits impeachment of a witness’[s] credibility by evidence that the witness made a prior statement that is inconsistent with his or her in-court testimony . . . if a sufficient foundation first has been established”
• “The -14- defense must initially show some unnecessary suggestiveness in the procedures employed by the police.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Smiley v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2015-03-09· cited 13×
• Morales v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2014-08-29· cited 8×
• Bean v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2019-03-28· cited 4×
• Reyes v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2023-03-29
• Traynham v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2019-12-20
• Shuler v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2025-10-31

Cites

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

• Duplan Corporation v. Deering Milliken, Inc.
  D. South Carolina· 1974-12-19· cited 231×
• Sireci v. Florida
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-30· cited 144×
• State v. Faulkner
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1989-02-07· cited 137×
• Evans v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1985-11-12· cited 106×
• Jones v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1987-09-16· cited 105×
• Conyers v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1997-05-08· cited 89×
• King v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2009-03-18· cited 85×
• State v. Simms
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2011-07-15· cited 75×
• Wynn v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1998-10-05· cited 70×
• People v. Lego
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1987-02-20· cited 69×
• Webster v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1984-05-25· cited 55×
• E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co. v. Forma-Pack, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1998-10-08· cited 52×
• North River Ins. Co. v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1996-08-01· cited 50×
• Brass Metal Products, Inc. v. E-J Enterprises Inc.
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2009-11-30· cited 43×
• Hurst v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2007-07-31· cited 39×
• Emory v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1994-09-29· cited 34×
• Williams v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2001-05-10· cited 32×
• State v. Westpoint
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2008-05-08· cited 30×
• Oesby v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2002-01-04· cited 28×
• Cole v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2003-11-12· cited 27×