Jones v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
50 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 50 later decisions — most recently October 2014 · most notably Jones v. State (1994), Gargliano v. State (1994)
50 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 Lockhart v. Nelson · Berman v. Karvounis · Temoney v. State · Yarema v. Exxon Corp. · Wynn v. State
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 50 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Where the General Assembly has required or permitted enhanced punishment for multiple offenders, the burden is on the State to prove, by competent evidence and beyond a reasonable doubt, the existence of all of the statutory conditions precedent for the imposition of enhanced punishment.””
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“(a) In general.—Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person who violates a provision of § § 5-602 through 5-606 of this subtitle with respect to a Schedule I or Schedule II narcotic drug is guilty of a felony and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 20 years or a fine not exceeding $25,000 or both. (c) Third time offender.—(1) A person who is convicted under subsection (a) of this section or of conspiracy to commit a crime included in subsection (a) of this section shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not less than 25 years and is subject to a fine not exceeding $100,000 if the person previously: (i) has served at least one term of confinement of at least 180 days in a correctional institution as a result of a conviction under subsection (a) of this section or § 5-614 of this subtitle; and (ii) has been convicted twice, if the convictions arise from separate occasions: 1. under subsection (a) of this section; 2. of conspiracy to commit a crime included in subsection (a) of this section; 3. of a crime under the laws of another state or the United States that would be a crime included in subsection (a) of this section if committed in this State; or 4. of any combination of these crimes. (2) The court may not suspend any part of the mandatory minimum sentence of 25 years. (3) Except as provided in § 4-305 of the Correctional Services Article, the person is not eligible for parole during the mandatory minimum sentence. (4) A separate occasion is one”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Deville v. State · Dove v. State“(e) Additional Penalty for three or more previous of fenses.—(1) A person who is convicted under subsection (b)(1) ... of this section ... shall be sentenced to imprisonment for the term allowed by law, but in any event, not less than 40 years and subject to a fine not exceeding $100,000 if the person previously has served 3 separate terms of confinement as a result of 3 separate convictions: (i) Under subsection (b)(1) ... of this section; (2) Neither the sentence required under paragraph (1) of this subsection nor any part of it may be suspended, and the person may not be eligible for parole except in accordance with § 4-305 of the Correctional Services Article.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.