Johnson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““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.’ ””

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 230 Md. App. 157 - Ray v. State · 239 Md. App. 297 - McKinney v. State

2. “A motion asserting failure of the charging document to show jurisdiction in the court or to charge an offense may be raised and determined at any time.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 241 Md. App. 233 - Shannon v. State · 237 Md. App. 502 - Greene v. State

3. “the trial court, for various reasons, lack[s] the power or authority to impose the contested sentence[,]”

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