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Maryland Criminal Law cases
Leading Maryland appellate opinions on criminal law, ranked by how often later courts cite them. Showing the top 250.
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Most-cited criminal law cases
Dorsey v. State276 Md. 638 (1976) · cited 524×Attorney Grievance Commission v. Vanderlinde364 Md. 376 (2001) · cited 215×Wilhelm v. State272 Md. 404 (1974) · cited 208×Williams v. State5 Md. App. 450 (1968) · cited 208×Tichnell v. State287 Md. 695 (1980) · cited 187×State v. Hicks285 Md. 310 (1979) · cited 182×State v. Albrecht336 Md. 475 (1994) · cited 165×Ross v. State276 Md. 664 (1976) · cited 141×Ferris v. State355 Md. 356 (1999) · cited 140×Riddick v. State319 Md. 180 (1990) · cited 140×Newton v. State280 Md. 260 (1977) · cited 135×State v. Fabritz276 Md. 416 (1975) · cited 135×Criminal Injuries Compensation Board v. Gould273 Md. 486 (1975) · cited 133×MacK v. State300 Md. 583 (1984) · cited 125×Reed v. State283 Md. 374 (1978) · cited 124×Brohawn v. Transamerica Insurance276 Md. 396 (1975) · cited 124×Klauenberg v. State355 Md. 528 (1999) · cited 123×Johnson v. State303 Md. 487 (1985) · cited 123×Degren v. State352 Md. 400 (1999) · cited 122×State v. Smith374 Md. 527 (2003) · cited 120×Chisley v. State202 Md. 87 (1953) · cited 117×Harris v. State331 Md. 137 (1993) · cited 114×Midgett v. State216 Md. 26 (1981) · cited 109×State v. Frazier298 Md. 422 (1984) · cited 108×Hunt v. State321 Md. 387 (1990) · cited 107×Williams v. State292 Md. 201 (1981) · cited 107×Robeson v. State285 Md. 498 (1979) · cited 106×Price v. State378 Md. 378 (2003) · cited 105×Dykes v. State319 Md. 206 (1990) · cited 105×State v. Evans278 Md. 197 (1976) · cited 105×McMillian v. State325 Md. 272 (1992) · cited 103×Longshore v. State399 Md. 486 (2007) · cited 102×Jones v. State336 Md. 255 (1994) · cited 102×Walczak v. State302 Md. 422 (1985) · cited 102×Hillard v. State286 Md. 145 (1979) · cited 102×Conyers v. State354 Md. 132 (1999) · cited 101×State v. Hutchinson287 Md. 198 (1980) · cited 99×Chaney v. State397 Md. 460 (2007) · cited 98×Watson v. State208 Md. 210 (2001) · cited 98×Adler v. American Standard Corp.291 Md. 31 (1981) · cited 98×Cartnail v. State359 Md. 272 (2000) · cited 97×Grandison v. State305 Md. 685 (1986) · cited 95×Trusty v. State308 Md. 658 (1987) · cited 92×State v. Bell334 Md. 178 (1994) · cited 91×Oken v. State327 Md. 628 (1992) · cited 91×Evans v. State28 Md. App. 640 (1975) · cited 90×State v. Roll and Scholl267 Md. 714 (1973) · cited 90×Winder v. State362 Md. 275 (2001) · cited 88×State v. Lancaster332 Md. 385 (1993) · cited 88×Wilson v. State319 Md. 530 (1990) · cited 87×Beahm v. Shortall279 Md. 321 (1977) · cited 87×Hook v. State315 Md. 25 (1989) · cited 86×Simmons v. State313 Md. 33 (1988) · cited 86×Logan v. State289 Md. 460 (1981) · cited 86×Chow v. State393 Md. 431 (2006) · cited 85×Thomas v. State277 Md. 257 (1976) · cited 84×State v. Hawkins326 Md. 270 (1992) · cited 83×Dawkins v. State313 Md. 638 (1988) · cited 82×Pulley v. State287 Md. 406 (1980) · cited 82×Monoker v. State321 Md. 214 (1990) · cited 81×Randall Book Corp. v. State316 Md. 315 (1989) · cited 81×Lewis v. State348 Md. 648 (1998) · cited 80×Johnson v. State292 Md. 405 (1982) · cited 80×Pope v. State284 Md. 309 (1979) · cited 80×Basoff v. State208 Md. 643 (1977) · cited 80×Smith v. State415 Md. 174 (2010) · cited 79×Ware v. State348 Md. 19 (1997) · cited 79×Prout v. State311 Md. 348 (1988) · cited 79×Cross v. State282 Md. 468 (1978) · cited 79×McKnight v. State280 Md. 604 (1977) · cited 79×State v. Stanley351 Md. 733 (1998) · cited 78×Wilson v. State261 Md. 551 (1971) · cited 78×West v. State312 Md. 197 (1988) · cited 77×Curtis v. State284 Md. 132 (1979) · cited 77×Dempsey v. State277 Md. 134 (1976) · cited 77×Giles v. State229 Md. 370 (1962) · cited 77×Bruce v. State218 Md. 87 (2001) · cited 76×McDonald v. State347 Md. 452 (1997) · cited 76×Parren v. State309 Md. 260 (1987) · cited 76×Jones v. State310 Md. 569 (1987) · cited 76×Stevenson v. State289 Md. 167 (1980) · cited 76×Height v. State225 Md. 251 (1961) · cited 76×King v. State407 Md. 682 (2009) · cited 75×Wilkes v. State364 Md. 554 (2001) · cited 75×Ball v. State347 Md. 156 (1997) · cited 75×Bryant v. State207 Md. 565 (1991) · cited 75×Shell v. State307 Md. 46 (1986) · cited 75×Snowden v. State321 Md. 612 (1991) · cited 74×Department of Transportation v. Armacost299 Md. 392 (1984) · cited 74×Smith v. State6 Md. App. 59 (1969) · cited 74×Grandison v. State341 Md. 175 (1995) · cited 73×State v. Jenkins307 Md. 501 (1986) · cited 73×Scott v. Watson278 Md. 160 (1976) · cited 73×Davidson v. Miller276 Md. 54 (1975) · cited 73×Lutz v. State167 Md. 12 (1934) · cited 73×State v. Bricker321 Md. 86 (1990) · cited 72×Doering v. State313 Md. 384 (1988) · cited 72×Williams v. State204 Md. 55 (1982) · cited 72×Neusbaum v. State156 Md. 149 (1928) · cited 72×Burch v. State346 Md. 253 (1997) · cited 71×Oken v. State343 Md. 256 (1996) · cited 71×State v. Faulkner301 Md. 482 (1984) · cited 71×Bartholomey v. State267 Md. 175 (1972) · cited 71×Gargliano v. State334 Md. 428 (1994) · cited 70×Deville v. State383 Md. 217 (2004) · cited 69×Moye v. State369 Md. 2 (2002) · cited 69×Ware v. State360 Md. 650 (2000) · cited 69×Von Lusch v. State279 Md. 255 (1977) · cited 69×Gray v. State388 Md. 366 (2005) · cited 68×Jones v. State379 Md. 704 (2004) · cited 68×Williams v. State302 Md. 787 (1985) · cited 68×Lewis v. State285 Md. 705 (1979) · cited 68×Casey v. Roman Catholic Archbishop217 Md. 595 (1958) · cited 68×Robinson v. State353 Md. 683 (1999) · cited 67×State v. Bell351 Md. 709 (1998) · cited 67×Taylor v. State346 Md. 452 (1997) · cited 67×Henry v. State324 Md. 204 (1991) · cited 67×Maus v. State311 Md. 85 (1987) · cited 67×State v. Kidd281 Md. 32 (1977) · cited 67×Wilson v. State181 Md. 1 (1942) · cited 67×State v. Johnson415 Md. 413 (2010) · cited 66×Abeokuto v. State391 Md. 289 (2006) · cited 66×State v. Pagano341 Md. 129 (1996) · cited 66×Bowers v. State320 Md. 416 (1990) · cited 66×Trimble v. State300 Md. 387 (1984) · cited 66×Sergeant Co. v. Pickett285 Md. 186 (1979) · cited 66×State v. Simms420 Md. 705 (2011) · cited 65×Gardner v. State420 Md. 1 (2011) · cited 65×Blake v. State395 Md. 213 (2006) · cited 65×Conyers v. State345 Md. 525 (1997) · cited 65×Jones v. State343 Md. 448 (1996) · cited 65×Harris v. State303 Md. 685 (1985) · cited 65×Ward v. State290 Md. 76 (1981) · cited 65×Everhart v. State274 Md. 459 (1975) · cited 65×Cornish v. State272 Md. 312 (1974) · cited 65×Roberts v. Warden of Maryland Penitentiary206 Md. 246 (1955) · cited 65×State v. Bey452 Md. 255 (2017) · cited 64×Madison v. State205 Md. 425 (2001) · cited 64×Shelton v. State198 Md. 405 (2001) · cited 64×Gunning v. State347 Md. 332 (1997) · cited 64×In re Victor B.336 Md. 85 (1994) · cited 64×Davis v. State333 Md. 27 (1993) · cited 64×State v. Lyles308 Md. 129 (1986) · cited 64×Thomas v. State301 Md. 294 (1984) · cited 64×State v. Cox298 Md. 173 (1983) · cited 64×State v. Ward284 Md. 189 (1978) · cited 64×State v. Green367 Md. 61 (2001) · cited 63×Binnie v. State321 Md. 572 (1991) · cited 63×Evans v. State304 Md. 487 (1985) · cited 63×Stebbing v. State299 Md. 331 (1984) · cited 63×Sigma Reproductive Health Center v. State297 Md. 660 (1983) · cited 63×Harrison v. Montgomery County Board of Education295 Md. 442 (1983) · cited 63×Johnson v. State282 Md. 314 (1978) · cited 63×Epps v. State276 Md. 96 (1975) · cited 63×Neal v. State272 Md. 323 (1974) · cited 63×Henry v. State273 Md. 131 (1974) · cited 63×Baltimore Transit Co. v. State Ex Rel. Castranda194 Md. 421 (1974) · cited 63×Boone v. State3 Md. App. 11 (1968) · cited 63×Jordan v. State219 Md. 36 (1965) · cited 63×Dutton v. State123 Md. 373 (1914) · cited 63×Phillips v. State451 Md. 180 (2017) · cited 62×White v. State374 Md. 199 (2003) · cited 62×Graham v. State325 Md. 398 (1992) · cited 62×Bloodsworth v. State307 Md. 164 (1986) · cited 62×Coleman v. State281 Md. 538 (1977) · cited 62×Pugh v. State271 Md. 701 (1974) · cited 62×Gray v. State254 Md. 385 (1969) · cited 62×Boone v. State2 Md. App. 80 (1967) · cited 62×Kucharczyk v. State235 Md. 334 (1964) · cited 62×Mulcahy v. State221 Md. 413 (1960) · cited 62×Vincent v. State220 Md. 232 (1959) · cited 62×Ager v. Baltimore Transit Co.213 Md. 414 (1957) · cited 62×Nelson v. Seiler154 Md. 63 (1927) · cited 62×Jones v. State311 Md. 398 (1988) · cited 61×Safeway Stores, Inc. v. Barrack210 Md. 168 (1956) · cited 61×Edwards v. State198 Md. 132 (1951) · cited 61×Collins v. State383 Md. 684 (2004) · cited 60×Hild v. Hild221 Md. 349 (2001) · cited 60×Greco v. State347 Md. 423 (1997) · cited 60×Attorney Grievance Commission v. Garland345 Md. 383 (1997) · cited 60×Hof v. State337 Md. 581 (1995) · cited 60×Smallwood v. State320 Md. 300 (1990) · cited 60×Hoey v. State311 Md. 473 (1988) · cited 60×Montgomery v. State292 Md. 84 (1981) · cited 60×Gleaton v. State235 Md. 271 (1964) · cited 60×Wood v. State191 Md. 658 (1948) · cited 60×Berger v. State179 Md. 410 (1941) · cited 60×State v. Suddith379 Md. 425 (2004) · cited 59×Rubin v. State325 Md. 552 (1992) · cited 59×Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc. v. Balbos326 Md. 179 (1992) · cited 59×Williams v. State329 Md. 1 (1992) · cited 59×Sims v. State319 Md. 540 (1990) · cited 59×Potts v. State300 Md. 567 (1984) · cited 59×Poole v. State295 Md. 167 (1983) · cited 59×State v. Frye283 Md. 709 (1978) · cited 59×Bowers v. State283 Md. 115 (1978) · cited 59×State v. Brockman277 Md. 687 (1976) · cited 59×Gladden v. State273 Md. 383 (1974) · cited 59×Tender v. State2 Md. App. 692 (1968) · cited 59×JOHNSON, ETC. v. State238 Md. 528 (1965) · cited 59×Bryant v. State229 Md. 531 (1962) · cited 59×Wilhelm v. State of Maryland Traffic Safety Commission230 Md. 91 (1962) · cited 59×Tasco v. State223 Md. 503 (1960) · cited 59×Hammond v. Lancaster194 Md. 462 (1950) · cited 59×Sugarman v. State173 Md. 52 (1937) · cited 59×Derry v. State358 Md. 325 (2000) · cited 58×Whack v. State288 Md. 137 (1980) · cited 58×Harrison v. State276 Md. 122 (1975) · cited 58×State Ex Rel. Sonner v. Shearin272 Md. 502 (1974) · cited 58×Gaudio v. State1 Md. App. 455 (1967) · cited 58×Breeding v. State220 Md. 193 (1959) · cited 58×Eggleston v. State209 Md. 504 (1956) · cited 58×State v. Shields49 Md. 301 (1878) · cited 58×Deford v. State ex rel. Keyser30 Md. 179 (1869) · cited 58×Douglas v. State423 Md. 156 (2011) · cited 57×Bernadyn v. State390 Md. 1 (2005) · cited 57×Grammer v. State203 Md. 200 (2001) · cited 57×Harris v. State324 Md. 490 (1991) · cited 57×Cunningham v. State318 Md. 182 (1989) · cited 57×Gatewood v. State244 Md. 609 (1966) · cited 57×Brack v. Wells184 Md. 86 (1944) · cited 57×Lanasa v. State109 Md. 602 (1909) · cited 57×Dingle v. State361 Md. 1 (2000) · cited 56×In Re Tariq A-R-Y347 Md. 484 (1997) · cited 56×Collins v. State318 Md. 269 (1990) · cited 56×Colvin v. State299 Md. 88 (1984) · cited 56×Goins v. State293 Md. 97 (1982) · cited 56×Henson v. State236 Md. 518 (1964) · cited 56×Farrow v. State233 Md. 526 (1964) · cited 56×Seidman v. State230 Md. 305 (1962) · cited 56×Davis v. State204 Md. 44 (1954) · cited 56×Madison v. State200 Md. 1 (1952) · cited 56×Evans v. State396 Md. 256 (2006) · cited 55×Lee v. Cline384 Md. 245 (2004) · cited 55×State v. Wallace372 Md. 137 (2002) · cited 55×Beales v. State329 Md. 263 (1993) · cited 55×Lee v. State311 Md. 642 (1988) · cited 55×State v. Zimmerman261 Md. 11 (1971) · cited 55×State v. Hutchinson260 Md. 227 (1970) · cited 55×Scott v. State238 Md. 265 (1965) · cited 55×Moore v. State388 Md. 446 (2005) · cited 54×Metheny v. State359 Md. 576 (2000) · cited 54×Dishman v. State352 Md. 279 (1998) · cited 54×Ellerin v. Fairfax Savings337 Md. 216 (1995) · cited 54×Owens-Illinois, Inc. v. Armstrong326 Md. 107 (1992) · cited 54×Wiggins v. State324 Md. 551 (1991) · cited 54×Bedford v. State317 Md. 659 (1989) · cited 54×Warfield v. State315 Md. 474 (1989) · cited 54×Blandon v. State304 Md. 316 (1985) · cited 54×Coles v. State290 Md. 296 (1981) · cited 54×