Dionas v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

55 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 55 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “'be satisfied that there is no reasonable possibility that the evidence complained of - whether erroneously admitted or excluded - may have contributed to the rendition of the guilty verdict.'”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Devincentz v. State · 235 Md. App. 299 - Lindsey v. State

2. “[W]here credibility is an issue and, thus, the jury's assessment of who is telling the truth is critical, an error affecting the jury's ability to assess a witness's credibility is not harmless error.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Devincentz v. State · 239 Md. App. 168 - Walter v. State

3. “'whether the trial court's error was unimportant in relation to everything else the jury considered in reaching its verdict.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Devincentz v. State · 239 Md. App. 571 - Sewell v. State