37 Md. App. 635 - Stevenson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

17 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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"The court may not accept a plea of guilty without first questioning the defendant on the record to determine that the plea is made voluntarily, with understanding of the nature of the charge and the consequences of the plea. The court may accept the plea of guilty even though the defendant does not admit that he is in fact guilty if the court is satisfied that there is a factual basis for the plea. If the court refuses to accept a plea of guilty, the court shall enter a plea of not guilty,””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 52 Md. App. 150 - Yanes v. State · Sutton v. State

2. “"There is a variety of reasons why counsel use such a plea, e.g., it is less time consuming than a plea of guilty, minimizes post conviction attack on counsel, and provides the possibility that if an essential element of a charged offense is omitted from the statement that the 'evidence’ will be insufficient to convict.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 65 Md. App. 753 - Ingersoll v. State · 52 Md. App. 150 - Yanes v. State

3. “not guilty upon an agreed statement of facts.” That”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 52 Md. App. 150 - Yanes v. State