Wilson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 federal appellate · 52 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 59 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““(b) Included proceedings. — Legal representation shall be provided indigent defendants or parties in the following proceedings: (1) Any criminal or juvenile proceeding constitutionally requiring the presence of counsel prior to presentment before a commissioner or judge; (2) Criminal or juvenile proceedings, where the defendant is charged with a serious crime, before the District Court of Maryland, the various circuit courts within the State of Maryland, and the Court of Special Appeals; (3) Postconviction proceedings under Article 27, Annotated Code of Maryland, when the defendant has a right to counsel pursuant to § 645A of that article; (4) Any other proceedings where possible incarceration pursuant to a judicial commitment of individuals in institutions of a public or private nature may result; and (5) An involuntary termination of parental rights proceeding or a hearing under § 5-319 of the Family Law Article, if the party is entitled to Public Defender representation under § 5-328 of the Family Law Article.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. McCarter v. State

2. “In light of the legislative scheme apparent in the Uniform Post-Conviction Procedure Act, we believe that it contemplates that an accused be granted a belated appeal as a remedy to obtain full appellate review of his allegations of error, constitutional in scope, and neither finally litigated nor waived, when he has been denied his entitled appellate review of his claims due to improper action of his appellate counsel. We think that [the Act] entitles the petitioner to a belated appeal as a remedy to insure that the accused obtain as full a review as if his appeal had been properly pursued.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 236 Md. App. 397 - Taylor v. State

3. ““Entitlement to assistance of counsel would be hollow indeed unless the assistance were required to be effective. It follows that a criminal defendant has the right to the effective assistance of counsel on the direct appeal of the judgment entered upon his conviction of a serious crime.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Flansburg