Sharp v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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14 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Sharp's counsel's statement made known his objection to the circuit court's allegedly penalizing Sharp by impermissibly considering during sentencing that Sharp declined the State's and the circuit court's plea offers ... Sharp's counsel's agreement with the circuit court was nothing more than an acknowledgement of the well-known principle that one of the reasons that the State may offer-and, upon the defendant's agreement, the trial court may accept-a plea agreement is to save the victim and other witnesses the experience of testifying and being cross-examined at trial.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 236 Md. App. 397 - Taylor v. State

2. “[f]or purposes of review by the trial court or on appeal of any other ruling or order [other than objections to evidence] it is sufficient that a party, at the time the ruling or order is made or sought, makes known to the [trial] court ... the objection to the action of the [trial] court.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 236 Md. App. 397 - Taylor v. State

3. “(1) whether the sentence constitutes cruel and unusual punishment or violates other constitutional requirements; (2) whether the [trial court] was motivated by ill-will, prejudice[,] or other impermissible considerations; and (3) whether the sentence is within statutory limits.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 236 Md. App. 397 - Taylor v. State