Gamble v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

81 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 81 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[A] consent to search ordinarily involves determination of a question of fact. This question is to be decided in light of the totality of all the circumstances.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Riddick v. State · 94 Md. App. 107 - Whack v. State

2. ““What we mean, therefore, when we say that we have the obligation to make an independent, reflective constitutional judgment on the facts whenever a claim of a constitutionally-protected right is involved is that, although we give great weight to the findings of the hearing judge as to specific, first-level facts (such as the time that an interrogation began, whether a meal was or was not served, whether a telephone call was requested, etc.) we must make our own independent judgment as to what to make of those facts; we must, in making that independent judgment, resolve for ourselves the ultimate, second-level fact — the existence or non-existence of voluntariness.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 83 Md. App. 341 - Perkins v. State

3. ““Our duty in a case like this is to make an independent constitutional appraisal of the record in order to resolve any question as to the trial judge’s finding of voluntariness.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 83 Md. App. 341 - Perkins v. State