26 Md. App. 660 - McMorris v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

18 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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “‘The statute of limitations runs from the time the offense is committed until the prosecution is commenced, unless some intervening act occurs to interrupt it. If the finding of an indictment or the filing of an information is the first step in a criminal case, the prosecution is commenced by the finding and return of the indictment or the filing of the information, and the running of the statute is thereby stopped. But when, as is usually the case, there are preliminary proceedings, the prosecution is commenced and the statute is tolled at the time a complaint is laid before a magistrate and a warrant of arrest is issued____’ Id. at 228.””

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. McMorris v. State · Ex Parte Ward

2. ““§ 5-106. Prosecution for misdemeanor. (a) One year. — Except as provided by this section, a prosecution for a misdemeanor not made punishable by confinement in the penitentiary by statute shall be instituted within one year after the offense was committed.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Duncan v. State · 39 Md. App. 436 - State v. Mars

3. ““[T]o establish a conspiracy, it is not necessary that there be any formal agreement manifested by formal words, written or spoken; it is enough if the parties tacitly come to an understanding in regard to the unlawful purpose and this may be inferred from sufficiently significant circumstances.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 5 Kan. App. 2d 760 - State v. Small