Matthews v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

41 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 41 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(a) Illegal sentence. The court may correct an illegal sentence at any time.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Waker v. State · 205 Md. App. 724 - Y.Y. v. State

2. ““The ‘scope of this privilege ... is narrow.’ To constitute an illegal sentence under Rule 4-345(a), ‘the illegality must inhere in the sentence itself, rather than stem from trial court error during the sentencing proceeding.’ Accordingly, ‘we have denied relief pursuant to Rule 4-345(a) because the sentences imposed were not inherently illegal, despite some form of error or alleged injustice.’ ””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 236 Md. App. 368 - Rainey v. State · 230 Md. App. 157 - Ray v. State

3. ““(3) Approval of plea agreement. If the plea agreement is approved, the judge shall embody in the judgment the agreed sentence, disposition, or other judicial action encompassed in the agreement[.]””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Smith v. State · 230 Md. App. 157 - Ray v. State