Coleman v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1963
Citation profile
60 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 60 later decisions — most recently April 2018 · most notably Scott v. State (1965), Coles v. State (1981)
60 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 Edwardsen v. State · Swan v. State · Roberts v. State · Warden of Maryland Penitentiary v. Palumbo · 183 F. Supp. 769 - United States v. Ray
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 60 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“‘When the sentence in a criminal case is imposed and execution of the imposed sentence is conditionally suspended, . . . and the defendant placed on probation, and thereafter the probation is stricken out, the defendant should not be re-sentenced. His original sentence is effective with the probationary provisions stricken out.’ (Emphasis in original).”
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““[I]t is apparent from the appellant’s brief that he is not entitled to the relief he has requested. He, of course, could not appeal from the original sentence in February, 1961, as the time limited for such an appeal had long since expired. Maryland Rule 812 a. If we consider his present appeal as one from the order striking out his probation, he conceded that he had violated the conditions of his probation; hence he could obtain no assistance from this quarter. And if we consider his appeal as from the ‘sentence’ of July 11, 1962, (as he claims it is), and that ‘sentence’ is stricken out (as we have indicated above it should be by a correction of the docket entry), the original sentence is in full force and effect, which means, of course, the appellant, likewise, is entitled to no relief here.” 231 Md. at 223 , 189 A. 2d at 618 .”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.