44 Md. App. 670 - Offutt v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
24
cited by 24 later decisions
2
states following
May 1996
most recently cited
24 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Michigan v. Tyler · New Jersey v. Portash · Ross v. State · State v. Frye · Cross v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“Although it is entirely possible that the ruling of the trial judge motivated the appellant not to testify, it is also possible that he had no intention of testifying regardless of the ruling of the trial court on the motion. It is also possible that had appellant testified the State would have changed its position and not used the conviction. We do not rule on academic questions.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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