Moore v. Miley’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

60 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 60 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “`[T]he keystone of Maryland's disposition of juvenile delinquents is that `the moral responsibility or blameworthiness of the child [is] of no consequence,' such that delinquency adjudication is seen as the opportunity for the State to provide needed rehabilitative intervention.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Smith v. State · Thompson v. State

2. “(1) To ensure that the Juvenile Justice System balances the following objectives for children who have committed delinquent acts:[ [1] ] (i) Public safety and the protection of the community; (ii) Accountability of the child to the victim and the community for offenses committed; and (iii) Competency and character development to assist children in becoming responsible and productive members of society; (2) To hold parents of children found to be delinquent responsible for the child's behavior and accountable to the victim and the community; (3) To hold parents of children found to be delinquent or in need of supervision responsible, where possible, for remedying the circumstances that required the court's intervention; (4) To provide for the care, protection, and wholesome mental and physical development of children coming within the provisions of this subtitle; and to provide for a program of treatment, training, and rehabilitation consistent with the child's best interests and the protection of the public interest; (5) To conserve and strengthen the child's family ties and to separate a child from his parents only when necessary for his welfare or in the interest of public safety; (6) If necessary to remove a child from his home, to secure for him custody, care, and discipline as nearly as possible equivalent to that which should have been given by his parents; (7) To provide to children in State care and custody: (i) A safe, humane, and caring environment; and (ii) Access ”

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

3. “[e]ven when this Court has extended `criminal defendant' type rights to juveniles, the cases explain that the overall proceedings maintain their focus on the special goals of delinquency adjudication.”

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