Lowery v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1953
Citation profile
22 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 22 later decisions — most recently October 2001
22 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Baltimore Radio Show, Inc. v. State Baltimore Broadcasting Corp. · Duffy v. State · Murphy v. State · Reid v. State · James v. State
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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"As a general rule, it is reversible error for the prosecution to attack the character of the accused before it has been put in issue by him, or to show other unrelated crimes or misconduct likely to cause prejudice against him. Dobbs v. State, 148 Md. 34 , 129 A. 275 . "But the rule is equally established that where the testimony shows motive or intent it is entitled to be admitted."”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“A careful study of the record convinces us, however, that there is no basis for thinking that the trial judge did in fact read the medical report, which had not been introduced in evidence, before declaring his verdict. The language he used seems to be the natural expression of a conclusion readily arrived at from the evidence offered by the appellant himself. There is no basis, other than unsupported surmise, that it entered into the conviction. Under the established rules it was, of course, competent after verdict for the court's guidance in fixing the penalty. Murphy v. State, 184 Md. 70 , 40 A.2d 239 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Farrell v. State“read by him at all before or during the trial”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Farrell v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.