Garner v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

36 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 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Members of the Maryland Bar are officers of the court who have an obligation to comply with the Rules of Professional Conduct. While serving as Petitioner's trial counsel, Rule 1.2 required that [counsel] abide by Petitioner's decision concerning the services to be performed on Petitioner's behalf, and Rule 3.3 prohibited [counsel] from making a false statement to the Circuit Court. When [counsel] stated, "I'm still in the case[,]" the Circuit Court was entitled to rely upon that statement and was not required to make further inquiry.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 236 Md. App. 604 - Holt v. State · Williams v. State

2. “[T]he rule against hearsay does not operate to exclude evidence of [a] 'verbal act' that established a consequential fact[.]”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Young · 198 Md. App. 1 - Fair v. State

3. “[t]he making of a wager or the purchase of a drug, legally or illegally, is a form of contract.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Young · 198 Md. App. 1 - Fair v. State