Legal Opinion

Davis v. State

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland

Decided September 3, 2025No. 2162/23Published

1Opinion of the Court

Davis v. State No. 2162, Sept. Term 2023 Opinion by Leahy, J. Criminal Law > Review > Determination and Disposition of Cause > Mandate and Proceedings in Lower court Prior summary dismissal of an application for leave to appeal, without an assignment of reasons, did not implicate the law of the case doctrine. See Nichols v. State,

461 Md. 572, 593

(2018); State v. Garnett,

172 Md. App. 558, 562

(2007). When an appellate court denies an application for leave to appeal and does not state its reasons for doing so, the court “tells no one what [it] thought of any particular allegation in the…

2Cases cited73 opinions

  1. Apprendi v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  2. Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  3. North Carolina v. AlfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  4. United States v. RuizSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
  5. Commonwealth Ex Rel. West v. RundleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968

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