State v. Matthews’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

30 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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(1) creates a substantial or significant possibility that the result may have been different, as that standard has been judicially determined; and (2) could not have been discovered in time to move for a new trial under Maryland Rule 4-331.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Yonga v. State · Douglas v. State

2. “(d) The petition shall be in writing, shall be signed by the petitioner or the petitioner’s attorney, and shall state: (1) the court in which the indictment or criminal information was filed and the file number in that case; (2) if the case was removed to another court for trial, the identity of that court; (3) each offense of which the petitioner was convicted, the date of the judgment of conviction, and the sentence imposed; (4) if the judgment was appealed, the case number in the appellate court, a concise description of the issues raised in the appeal, the result, and the date of the appellate court’s mandate; (5) for each motion or petition for post-judgment relief, the court in which the motion or petition was filed, the case number assigned to each proceeding, a concise description of the issues raised, the result, and the date of disposition; (6) that the request for relief is based on newly discovered evidence which, with due diligence, could not have been discovered in time to move for a new trial pursuant to Rule 4-331; (7) a description of the newly discovered evidence, how and when it was discovered, why it could not have been discovered earlier, and, if the issue of whether the evidence could have been discovered in time to move for a new trial pursuant to Rule 4-331 was raised or decided in an earlier appeal or post-judgment proceeding, the identity of the appeal or proceeding and the decision on that issue; (8) that the newly discovered evidence creates a subs”

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

3. “Consequently, we shall vacate the judgment of the Court of Special Appeals, with instructions to vacate the judgment of the Circuit Court and to remand, so that the Circuit Court may consider Matthews’s motion as a Petition for Writ of Actual Innocence. Whether the alleged newly discovered evidence “could not have been discovered in time to move for a new trial under Maryland Rule 4-331,” Section 8-301(a)(2) of the Criminal Procedure Article, whether Matthews’s motion satisfies the requirements of Section 8-301(b), whether a hearing is required under Section 8-301(e), and whether counsel should be appointed, we leave for the Circuit Court to address.”

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