In Re Heather B.’s Empirical Analysis

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14 state decisions

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

1. ““As ... courts have consistently held, ... conspiracy is necessarily a specific intent crime; there must exist the specific intent to join with another person in the accomplishment of an unlawful purpose or a lawful purpose by unlawful means.” “When the object of the conspiracy is the commission of another crime, as in conspiracy to commit murder, the specific intent required for the conspiracy is not only the intent required for the agreement but also, pursuant to that agreement, the intent to assist in some way in causing that crime to be committed.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 152 Md. App. 488 - Hudson v. State · Alston v. State

2. “We independently decide issues of law and are not bound by a party’s concession of law in a particular case.”); Imbesi v. Carpenter Realty Corp., 357 Md. 375 , 380 n. 3, 744 A.2d 549 , 551 n. 3 (2000) (”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Coley v. State