Robert B. 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. “One of the General Assembly's purposes in providing for an expungement procedure was to help protect individuals seeking employment or admission to an educational institution, by entitling them to expungement of unproven charges, so that those individuals could avoid being unfairly judged during their application process.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 239 Md. App. 1 - Reid v. State

2. “a petition for expungement based on an acquittal, a nolle prosequi , or a dismissal may not be filed within 3 years after the disposition, unless the petitioner files with the petition a written general waiver and release of all the petitioner's tort claims arising from the charge.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 239 Md. App. 1 - Reid v. State

3. “the purpose of providing for the expungement of certain police and court records, providing procedures for such expungement, prohibiting certain practices concerning criminal charges not resulting in conviction, and relating generally to criminal records.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 239 Md. App. 1 - Reid v. State