Stokes v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
50 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 50 later decisions — most recently July 2024 · most notably Flores v. Bell (2007), Nicolas v. State (2012)
50 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 United States v. Olano · Williams v. Florida · Baldwin v. New York Williams · Ballew v. Georgia · State v. Bindyke
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 50 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[i]t would be a most pernicious practice, and in its consequences dangerous to this much valued mode of trial, to permit a verdict, openly and solemnly declared in the [c]ourt, to be subverted by going behind it and inquiring into the secrets of the jury room”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage““The right to a trial by jury, of twelve persons, has been part of the common law for centuries, along with the requirement of unanimity. The right to trial by jury is guaranteed by the Maryland Declaration of Rights and the Maryland Rules, as well as the United States Constitution. See Kawamura v. State, 299 Md. 276 , 473 A.2d 438 (1984). Article 5 of the Maryland Declaration of Rights provides, in pertinent part, ‘That the Inhabitants of Maryland are entitled to ... trial by Jury.... ’ Article 21 of the Declaration of Rights provides, in pertinent part, ‘That in all criminal prosecutions, every man hath a right ... to a speedy trial by an impartial jury, without whose unanimous consent he ought not to be found guilty.’ Article 23 of the Declaration of Rights provides, in pertinent part, ‘In the trial of all criminal cases, the Jury shall be the Judges of Law, as well as of fact, except that the Court may pass upon the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain a conviction.’ Article 24 of the Declaration of Rights provides, ‘That no man ought to be taken or imprisoned or disseized of his freehold, liberties or privileges ... or, in any manner, destroyed, or deprived of his life, liberty or property, but by the judgment of his peers, or by the Law of the land.’ The reference to ‘jury’ in our organic laws, refers to a jury as constituted under the common law, unless the contrary plainly appears. See State v. Kenney, 327 Md. 354, 361 , 609 A.2d 337 , 340 (1992); State v. Ledger, 1”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“(b) Alternate Jurors (1) Generally The court may direct that one or more jurors be called and impanelled to sit as alternate jurors. Any juror who, before the time the juror’s service is completed, becomes or is found to be unable or disqualified to perform a juror’s duty shall be replaced by an alternate juror in the order of selection. An alternate juror shall be drawn in the same manner, have the same qualifications, be subject to the same examination, take the same oath, and have the same functions, powers, facilities, and privileges as a juror. An alternate juror who does not replace a juror shall be discharged at such time as the court concludes that the juror’s service is completed. (2) Retaining Alternate Jurors The court may retain alternate jurors after the jury retires to deliberate. The court shall ensure that a retained alternate does not discuss the case with anyone until that alternate replaces a juror or is discharged. If an alternate replaces a juror after deliberations have begun, the court shall instruct the jury to begin its deliberations anew.”
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.