Bunch v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 72 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 74 later decisions — most recently August 2016 · most notably State v. Hicks (1979), Williams v. State (1981)
2 federal appellate · 72 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 Faretta v. California · Illinois v. Allen · Snyder v. Commonwealth of Massachusetts · Hopt v. People of the Territory of Utah · Lewis v. United States
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 74 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"Rule 724. Presence of the Defendant. a. When Presence Required. The defendant shall be present at every stage of the trial, including the impaneling of the jury and the return of the verdict, and at the imposition of sentence, except as provided by these Rules. b. When Presence Not Required. A defendant need not be present: 1. At a conference or argument on a question of law. 2. When a nolle prosequi or stet is entered pursuant to Rule 782 (Nolle Prosequi and Stet). 3. At a reduction of sentence pursuant to Rule 773 (Sentence — Review) or Rule 774 (Sentence — Revisory Power of Court); 4. At any stage of the proceedings if the defendant is a corporation. c. When Presence Waived. A defendant initially at trial waives his right to be present when: 1. He voluntarily absents himself after the trial has commenced, whether or not he has been informed by the court of his right to remain during trial; or 2. He engages in conduct to justify his being excluded from the courtroom.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“As we have often pointed out, a criminal defendant’s right to be present at every stage of his trial is a common law right, is to some extent protected by the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, and is guaranteed by Maryland Rule 724 [now Maryland Rule 4-231].”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Stewart v. State · Hughes v. State“"The right to be present at trial is a common law right guaranteed by Article 5 of the Maryland Declaration of Rights, and is also ‘to some extent protected by the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, and is guaranteed by Maryland Rule [4-231].’ ””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Mobuary v. State · Hughes v. State
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.