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← 226 MDAPP 131 - Colvin v. State

Colvin v. State’s Empirical Analysis

2015

Citation profile

2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
December 2016
most recently cited

2 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Furman v. Georgia · Pope v. Nebraska · Chaney v. State · Heinze v. State · State v. Vaszorich

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. “THE CLERK: As to first degree murder not guilty, as to felony murder guilty, assault with intent to murder guilty, robbery deadly weapon guilty, use of a handgun in the commission of a crime of violence guilty, possession of a handgun guilty and so say you all?”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. “THE CLERK: Juror Number 1, please stand. You heard the verdict. Is your verdict the same? JUROR NO. 1: Yes.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage

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.