Whack v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1995
Citation profile
100 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 100 later decisions — most recently August 2021 · most notably Derry v. State (2000), Johnson v. Mayor & City Council of Baltimore (2005)
100 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
Applies 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Albernaz v. United States · Staples v. United States · Penn Central Transportation Co. v. New York City · Ladner v. United States · Atlantic Cleaners & Dyers, Inc. v. United States
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 100 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““When called upon to construe the meaning of statutory language, our goal is to ascertain and effectuate legislative intent____ We first examine the primary source of legislative intent, the words of the statute, giving them their ordinary and natural meaning.... If the meaning of the language is unclear or ambiguous, “we must consider ‘not the literal or usual meaning of the words, but their meaning and effect in light of the setting, the objectives and purpose of the enactment,’ in our attempt to discern the construction that will best further the legislative objectives or goals____””
5 later decisions quote this exact passage“"(a) Any person convicted of any offense under this subheading is, if the offense is a second or subsequent offense, punishable by a term of imprisonment twice that otherwise authorized, by twice the fine otherwise authorized, or by both. “(b) For purposes of this section, an offense shall be considered a second or subsequent offense, if, prior to the conviction of the offense, the offender has at any time been convicted of any offense or offenses under this subheading or under any prior law of this State or any law of the United States or of any other state relating to the other controlled dangerous substances as defined in this subheading.””
3 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Price v. State · Scott v. State“(c) Sentencing. — (1) A person who is convicted under subsection (b)(l)[ 2 ] or subsection (b)(2)[3] of this section, or of conspiracy to violate subsection (b)(1) or (b)(2) of this section shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not less than 10 years and subject to a fine not exceeding $100,000 if the person previously has been convicted: (i) Under subsection (b)(1) or subsection (b)(2) of this section; (ii) Of conspiracy to violate subsection (b)(1) or subsection (b)(2) of this section; or (iii) Of an offense under the laws of another state, the District of Columbia, or the United States that would be a violation of subsection(b)(l) or subsection (b)(2) of this section if committed in this State. (2) The prison sentence of a person sentenced under subsection (b)(1) or subsection (b)(2) of this section, or of conspiracy to violate subsection (b)(1) or subsection (b)(2) of this section or any combination of these offenses, as a second offender may not be suspended to less than 10 years, and the person may be paroled during that period only 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.