Perry v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
26 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 26 later decisions — most recently August 2024 · most notably Ragland v. State (2005), Stoddard v. State (2005)
26 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 Baskett v. United States · Gerry v. United States · Beatty v. Trailmaster Products, Inc. · Wheeler v. United States · Sireci v. Florida
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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““[I]ntelligence; an understanding of the obligation to tell the truth; knowledge of the nature of an oath; ability at the time of the occurrence to accurately perceive it; ability to remember the occurrence; capacity to actively communicate the memories; and ability to understand and respond to simple questions about the occurrence. It is not necessary that the child be able to define an oath. The child need only understand that, upon taking an oath, the child has promised to tell the truth.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Stoddard v. State · Jones v. State“(a) Questions of admissibility generally. Preliminary questions concerning the qualification of a person to be a witness, the existence of a privilege, or the admissibility of evidence shall be determined by the court, subject to the provisions of subdivision (b). In making its determination it is not bound by the rules of evidence except those with respect to privileges. (b) Relevancy conditioned on fact. When the relevancy of evidence depends upon the fulfillment of a condition of fact, the court shall admit it upon, or subject to, the introduction of evidence sufficient to support a finding of the fulfillment of the condition.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Greenberg v. State“Md. Rule 5-601 notes that “[e]xcept as otherwise provided by law, every person is competent to be a witness.” This rule is derived from Fed.R.Evid. 601, and, like the federal rule, it “places the burden on the opponent of a witness to show that the witness is incompetent.” Lynn McLain, Maryland Rules of Evidence 103 (2d ed. 2002) (citing United States v. Odom, 736 F.2d 104, 112 (4th Cir.1984)). As stated by Professor McLain, under this rule, almost no one is per se incompetent to testify. Lynn McLain, Maryland Rules of Evidence 103 (2d ed. 2002).”
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.