McCray v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

66 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 66 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““For this Court to reverse a judgment entered in a case tried by the lower court without a jury, it must be shown that there was no legally sufficient evidence, or proper inferences therefrom, from which the court could find the accused guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.””

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 1 Md. App. 132 - Crum v. State · Duffy v. State

2. ““Both of the investigating officers testified that the father of the defendant, having been informed of the reason for their visit, not only invited them in, but consented to a search and conducted them to the sun parlor. As an owner and cooccupant of the house, the father was entitled to give such consent and to bind his son in so doing.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In Re Tariq A-R-Y

3. ““. . . As an owner and occupant of the house, the father was entitled to give such consent and to bind his son in so doing. ... It appears that what the police did was not unlawful since a search by permission is one of the exceptions to the general rule that reasonable searches must be made under a valid search warrant. . . .””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 18 Md. App. 678 - Robinson v. State