Wright v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• “[W]here there is doubt concerning the severity of the penalty prescribed by a statute, a milder penalty over a harsher one will be favored.”
• where the jury returned a verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree, but did not render a decision on, nor consider, the count which charged a violation of Art. 27, § 36B
• where the jury returned a verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree, but did not render a decision on, nor consider, the count which charged a violation of Art. 27, § 36B

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

26 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• State v. Treadway
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1977-11-10· cited 170×
• Dillon v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1976-05-04· cited 68×
• Kaylor v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1979-04-26· cited 49×
• Wynn v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1988-09-01· cited 49×
• Robinson v. Lee
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1989-10-06· cited 47×
• Tomlinson v. State
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1982-06-29· cited 43×
• Calhoun v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1980-09-08· cited 38×
• Muir v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1985-10-08· cited 36×
• Harvey v. State
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 1992-06-11· cited 28×
• Jenkins v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1984-07-13· cited 26×
• Johnson v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1988-06-15· cited 26×
• Montgomery County v. Atlantic Guns, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1985-04-03· cited 25×
• Collins v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1991-11-06· cited 22×
• Stevenson v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1979-07-12· cited 22×
• Dillon v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1979-07-13· cited 21×
• Sullivan v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1976-01-05· cited 14×
• In Re Colby H.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2001-02-12· cited 14×
• Nelson v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1986-02-06· cited 13×
• Taylor v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1975-11-05· cited 13×
• Taylor v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1994-02-03· cited 12×

Cites

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

• Furman v. Georgia
  Supreme Court· 1972-06-29· cited 5,066×
• Bartholomey v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1972-12-04· cited 115×
• State Ex Rel. Sonner v. Shearin
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1974-10-01· cited 83×
• Bremer v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1973-07-06· cited 76×
• Gleaton v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1964-06-11· cited 75×
• Kucharczyk v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1964-06-23· cited 68×
• Agresti v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1967-10-27· cited 66×
• Gatewood v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1966-12-09· cited 65×
• State v. Gibson
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1968-06-03· cited 64×
• Hall v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1960-07-08· cited 63×
• Bailey v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1972-08-10· cited 56×
• Wanzer v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1999-10-01· cited 55×
• State v. Gibson
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1969-06-30· cited 48×
• Roberts v. Warden of Maryland Penitentiary
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1966-05-05· cited 40×
• Mayor of Baltimore v. Baltimore Gas & Electric Co.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1963-06-26· cited 33×
• Fowel v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1955-01-13· cited 25×
• White v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1973-02-02· cited 25×
• Brown v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1971-01-25· cited 22×
• MacBride v. GULBRO, ADM'X OF ESTATE OF DOTSON
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1967-11-07· cited 19×
• Gaskins v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1971-01-07· cited 18×