Kissinger v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “counsel told the court that he had not requested the instruction, which is the only reason he could give to the court for his objection. The instruction was not erroneous and, consequently, there was nothing that the court could do at that point to overcome appellant's objection. Further elaboration and objection would have been futile and useless.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 236 Md. App. 397 - Taylor v. State

2. “Your honor, I want to make an exception to one of your instructions that wasn't requested and you gave and I am not going to argue it, but I am going to make my exception. You instructed the Jury about inferences with respect to someone testifying. That was not an instruction that anybody requested and it's an instruction that I never requested.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 236 Md. App. 397 - Taylor v. State

3. “The Defendant did not testify in this case. The Defendant has an absolute constitutional right not to testify. The fact that the Defendant did not testify must not be held against the Defendant. It must not be considered by you in any way or even be discussed by you.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 236 Md. App. 397 - Taylor v. State