19 Md. App. 239 - Beckner v. Chalkley’s Empirical Analysis

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21 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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““ ‘The Court of Appeals and this Court have consistently held that if jury instructions, when read as a whole, clearly set forth the applicable law, there is no reversible error. Nizer v. Phelps [ 252 Md. 185 , 249 A. 2d 112 (1969)]; Alston v. Forsythe, 226 Md. 121 , 172 A. 2d 474 (1961); Lemons v. Chicken Processors, 223 Md. 362 , 164 A. 2d 703 (1960); Kable v. State, 17 Md. App. 16 , 299 A. 2d 493 (1973); Shotkosky v. State, 8 Md. App. 492 , 261 A. 2d 171 (1970). One of the reasons for such a rule is that sometimes a trial court will err in some of the legal propositions announced to the jury, but the errors are harmless. “Wrong directions which do not put the traveler out of his way, furnish no reason for repeating the journey.” Cherry v. Davis, 59 Ga. 454, 465 (1877).’ ””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 39 Md. App. 353 - Alimchandani v. Goings · 19 Md. App. 619 - Marlow v. Cerino

2. ““The rule is that before a witness is permitted to offer an expert opinion, it must be shown that he possesses both the necessary qualifications and also the factual information necessary to form such an opinion. . . . The qualifications of a proposed expert witness are a matter for the trial court to pass upon. . . .””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 21 Md. App. 453 - Serdenes v. Aetna Life Insurance