Walker v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

12 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “If the court finds, at [such] a hearing under paragraph (1) of this subsection, that the defendant is incompetent and is not likely to become competent in the foreseeable future and is a danger to self or the person or property of another because of mental retardation or a mental disorder, the court shall revoke the pretrial release of the defendant and ... civilly commit the defendant in accordance with paragraph (i) of subsection (d) of this section[.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 204 Md. App. 418 - Adams v. State

2. ““(1) conclusively determines the disputed question, (2) resolves an important issue, (3) resolves an issue that is, completely separate from the merits of the action, and (4) would be effectively unreviewable if the appeal had to await the entry of a final judgment.””

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