Cianos v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 district · 19 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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[The crime victims] assert that the absence of a provision expressly precluding a victim from challenging a final criminal judgment implies the right to do so. This reasoning ignores the plain language of §§ 12-301, 12-302, and 12-303.1.... [T]he Legislature, in enacting § 12-303.1, meant what it said and said what it meant.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Lopez v. State · 169 Md. App. 466 - Lamb v. Kontgias

2. “In response to that mandate, trial judges must give appropriate consideration to the impact of crime upon the victims.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Lopez v. State · (1997)

3. “In a case originating by indictment or information filed in a circuit court, a victim of crime shall have the right to be informed of the rights established in this Article, and, upon request and if practicable, to be notified of, to attend, and to be heard at a criminal justice proceeding, as these rights are implemented and the terms "crime", "criminal justice proceeding", and "victim" are specified by law.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. (1997)