In Re Samuel M.’s Empirical Analysis

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14 state decisions

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

1. “Treatment as a juvenile is not an inherent right but one granted by the state legislature [;] therefore the legislature may restrict or qualify that right as it sees fit, as long as no arbitrary or discriminatory classification is involved.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 88 Md. App. 360 - Miles v. State · 88 Md. App. 143 - McComas v. Criminal Injuries Compensation Board

2. “[G]iven the presumption of validity which attaches to legislative enactments, the absence of a constitutional right to treatment as a juvenile, the overriding purpose of the waiver hearing as a determinant of jurisdiction over the juvenile, and the fact that the juvenile is not impermissibly required to prove his innocence of the offenses charged prior to a later trial accompanied by the full panoply of constitutional safeguards, Maryland’s legislative scheme of waiver is not violative of any of the accused’s due process rights.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 88 Md. App. 360 - Miles v. State

3. “the waiver issue involves only a determination of which court will have jurisdiction over the juvenile for the purpose of deciding whether or not he has committed the acts alleged”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In Re WTL