State v. Williams’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

53 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 57 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““In our effort to discern the meaning of a rule, we look first to the words of the rule. When the words are clear and unambiguous, ordinarily we need not go any further. Only when the language of the rule is ambiguous is it necessary that we look elsewhere to ascertain legislative intent. We are also to give effect to the entire rule, neither adding, nor deleting, words in order to give it a meaning not otherwise evident by the words actually used. Finally, we seek to give the rule a reasonable interpretation, not one that is illogical or incompatible with common sense.””

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Pinkney v. State · 207 Md. App. 614 - Poole v. State

2. “(g) Obligations of State's Attorney. The obligations of the State's Attorney under this Rule extend to material and information in the possession or control of the State's Attorney and staff members and any others who have participated in the investigation or evaluation of the action and who either regularly report, or with reference to the particular action have reported, to the office of the State's Attorney.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Raynor v. State · Williams v. State

3. “others who have participated in the investigation or evaluation of the action and who regularly report, or with reference to the particular action have reported, to the office of the State's Attorney.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Williams v. State · 168 Md. App. 682 - Thomas v. State