Montgomery v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
58 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 58 later decisions — most recently March 2004 · most notably Walczak v. State (1985), Rose v. Fox Pool Corp. (1994)
58 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 Town of Mashpee v. Mashpee Tribe · United States v. Morrison · State v. Loscomb · Langworthy v. State · Unnamed Physician v. Commission on Medical Discipline
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 58 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“§ 1106. Restitution for injuries to person or property (a) General rule.—Upon conviction for any crime wherein property has been stolen, converted or otherwise unlawfully obtained, or its value substantially decreased as a direct result of the crime, or wherein the victim suffered personal injury directly resulting from the crime, the offender may be sentenced to make restitution in addition to the punishment prescribed therefor. (b) Condition of probation or parole.—Whenever restitution has been ordered pursuant to subsection (a) and the offender has been placed on probation or parole, his compliance with such order may be made a condition of such probation or parole. (c) Authority of sentencing court.—In determining whether to order restitution as a part of the sentence or as a condition of probation or parole, the court: (1) Shall consider the extent of injury suffered by the victim and such other matters as it deems appropriate. (2) May order restitution in a lump sum, by monthly installments or according to such other schedule as it deems just, provided that the period of time during which the offender is ordered to make restitution shall not exceed the maximum term of imprisonment to which the offender could have been sentenced for the crime of which he was convicted. (3) May at any time alter or amend any order of restitution made pursuant to this section providing, however, that the court state its reasons and conclusions as a matter of record for any change or amendm”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“"acertain and effectuate the actual intent of the Legislature. In determining this legislative intent, the court may consider the statute’s legislative history and should construe together and harmonize all statutory provisions relating to the same subject matter. In addition, the court must consider the statute’s purpose.” Montgomery v. State, 292 Md. 155, 159 , 438 A.2d 490, 491 (1981) (citing cases).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
How this case has been treated — in progress
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