Williams v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding “criminal infliction upon a pregnant woman of prenatal injuries resulting in the death of her child after live birth may constitute manslaughter” pursuant to common law “born alive” rule
• \[s]o extensive is the acceptance of [the] common law [born alive] rule that we conclude that it was indeed the law of Maryland in 1776\
• death of child seventeen hours after birth from arrow wound [to] mother supported manslaughter conviction
• death of child seventeen hours after birth from arrow wound [to] mother supported manslaughter conviction
• “[s]o extensive is the acceptance of [the] common law [bom alive] rule that we conclude that it was indeed the law of Maryland in 1776”
• death of child seventeen hours after birth from arrow wound inflicted upon mother supported manslaughter conviction

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Cited by

8 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Courchesne
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2010-06-15· cited 86×
• People v. Hall
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1990-06-21· cited 39×
• Jones v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1992-04-30· cited 30×
• Kilmon v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2006-08-03· cited 22×
• State of West Virginia v. Stephanie Elaine Louk
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2016-05-27· cited 9×
• People v. Lage
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2009-05-28· cited 7×
• State v. Ashley
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1996-03-22· cited 3×
• Williams v. Mayor of Baltimore
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1993-11-03· cited 2×

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• People v. Greer
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1980-02-22· cited 298×
• Lewis v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1979-08-27· cited 116×
• Ranger v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1982-04-06· cited 98×
• State v. Soto
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1985-12-06· cited 72×
• Connor v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1961-06-13· cited 62×
• People v. Bolar
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1982-09-21· cited 30×
• Ireland v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1987-08-06· cited 27×
• State v. Anderson
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1975-07-14· cited 24×
• United States v. Garland Spencer
  Ninth Circuit· 1988-02-17· cited 19×
• State v. Anderson
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1980-03-20· cited 10×
• Williams v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1988-12-05· cited 9×