Thompson v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1976
Citation profile
50 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 50 later decisions — most recently September 2006 · most notably Davis v. Slater (2004), Countess v. State (1979)
50 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 Duncan v. State of Louisiana · Bloom v. Illinois · Baldwin v. New York · Cheff v. Schnackenberg · District of Columbia v. Clawans
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 50 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"(e) Jury trial.—(1) The District Court is deprived of jurisdiction if a defendant is entitled to and demands a jury trial at any time prior to trial in the District Court. (2)(i) Except as provided in subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, unless the penalty for the offense with which the defendant is charged permits imprisonment for a period in excess of 90 days, a defendant is not entitled to a jury trial in a criminal case.””
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Ashford v. State · Royster v. State“"(d) De novo and on record appeals. — In a civil case in which the amount in controversy exceeds $1,000 exclusive of interest, costs, and attorney’s fees if attorney’s fees are recoverable by law or contract, and in any case in which the parties so agree, an appeal shall be heard on the record made in the District Court. In every other case, including a criminal case in which sentence has been imposed or suspended following a plea of nolo contendere or guilty, and an appeal in a municipal infraction or Code violation case, an appeal shall be tried de novo. (e) Right to a jury trial. — In a criminal appeal that is tried de novo, there is no right to a jury trial unless the offense charged is subject to a penalty of imprisonment or unless there is a constitutional right to a jury trial for that offense.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Fisher v. State · Dorsey v. State“"Except as provided in Title 4, Subtitle 5 of the Family Law Article, the District Court does not have jurisdiction of an offense otherwise within the District Court's jurisdiction if the person is charged: "(i) With another offense arising out of the same circumstances but not within the District Court’s jurisdiction. "(ii) In the circuit court with an offense arising out of the same circumstances and within the concurrent jurisdictions of the District Court and the circuit court described under subsection (d) of this section.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Ashford v. State · Royster v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
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