Tolson v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that when a court 8 alters a sentence without authority to do so, that alteration is a “nullity”
• circuit court does not acquire jurisdiction to reconsider sentence if a motion is not timely filed within 90 days of sentencing

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

4 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Butler v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2022-06-30
• Reyes v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2025-03-03
• Wharton v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2026-02-25
• Caples v. Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Inc.
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2026-05-01

Cites

12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• North Carolina v. Alford
  Supreme Court· 1970-11-23· cited 9,465×
• North Carolina v. Pearce
  Supreme Court· 1969-06-23· cited 7,763×
• Gardner v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2011-05-24· cited 76×
• Greco v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1997-10-16· cited 75×
• Marshall v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1997-06-20· cited 49×
• Bishop v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2010-11-04· cited 41×
• Briggs v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1980-11-10· cited 34×
• Smith v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1976-04-15· cited 15×
• Benedict v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2003-09-08· cited 10×
• Clark v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1998-02-19· cited 8×
• Nimon v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1987-06-10· cited 5×
• State v. Karmand
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2008-12-08· cited 4×