173 Md. App. 71 - Harris v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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6 state decisions

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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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “permitted the reception into evidence of photographs depicting the condition of the victim and the location of injuries upon the deceased, ... the position of the victim’s body at the murder site, ... and the wounds of the victim.... On certain occasions, photographs have also been admitted to allow the jury to visualize the atrociousness of the crime — a circumstance of much import where the factfinder must determine the degree of murder.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 174 Md. App. 647 - Ayala v. State

2. ““I have considered the arguments of counsel and reread my notes with respect to the file. I do not have a transcript in which to refer to each item individually, only from my memory. I find that the evidence has been properly presented, that the jury was sworn and that the motion for a new trial is denied.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Harris v. State

3. ““(h) Impanelling the jury. The jurors and any alternates to be impanelled shall be called from the qualified jurors remaining on the list in the order previously designated by the court and shall be sworn. The court shall designate a juror as foreman.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Harris v. State