Collins v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
105 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 105 later decisions — most recently August 2023 · most notably Kushell v. Department of Natural Resources (2005), Chow v. State (2006)
105 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 Tucker v. Fireman's Fund Insurance · Condon v. State · Sullins v. Allstate Insurance · Gargliano v. State · Deville v. State
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 105 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The cardinal rule of statutory construction is to ascertain and effectuate the intent of the Legislature. See Melton v. State, 379 Md. 471, 476 , 842 A.2d 743, 746 (2004). We begin with the plain language of the statutes. As we have fre quently stated, if the statutory language is unambiguous when construed according to its ordinary and everyday meaning, then we give effect to the statute as written. Id. at 477 , 842 A.2d at 746 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage““[Rjepeat offenders may be more morally blameworthy than first-time offenders, and hence deserve a stronger measure of retribution.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage“(b) A person may not possess, own, carry, or transport a firearm if that person has been convicted of:”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Alston v. State
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.