Gary v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1996
Citation profile
2 district · 67 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 74 later decisions — most recently August 2021 · most notably Borchardt v. State (2001), White v. State (2001)
2 district · 67 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 Furman v. Georgia · Continental Casualty Co. v. UNR Industries, Inc. · Wales ex rel. Wales Trucking Co. v. United States · Oaks v. Connors · City of Burlington v. Dague
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 74 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ ‘only three grounds for appellate review of sentences are recognized in this State: (1) whether the sentence constitutes cruel and unusual punishment or violates other constitutional requirements; (2) whether the sentencing judge was motivated by ill-will, prejudice or other impermissible considerations; and (3) whether the sentence is within statutory limits.’ ””
7 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Lopez v. State · Jones v. State“[Pjursuant to the Maryland death penalty statute, only principals in the first degree to first degree murder are eligible for the death penalty in Maryland. A principal in the first degree is “ ‘one who actually commits a crime, either by his own hand, or by inanimate agency, or by an innocent human agent.’ ” In addition, under the statute, one who employs another person to kill is also considered a principal in the first degree for purposes of the death penalty. Since a conviction for conspiracy to murder does not itself establish that the defendant committed the crime by his own hand, by inanimate agency, by an innocent agent, or employed another person to kill, the death penalty is generally unavailable for conspiracy to commit first degree murder.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Grandison v. State““As shown by the language of Art. 27 § 412(b), the basic sentence for first degree murder ‘shall be imprisonment for life.... ’ The greater sentences of death or imprisonment for life without the possibility of parole cannot be imposed unless certain special conditions are met. In addition to the notice requirements set forth in § 412(b), there are special conditions for the imposition of death or life without the possibility of parole contained in other statutory provisions.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Borchardt v. State
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.