Twigg v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

31 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 31 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The State does not seek to have vacated the sentences for incest and third degree sexual offense, for both of which [the defendant] received the maximum sentence. We do not intend this opinion to be read as precluding, in the appropriate case, vacation of all sentences originally imposed on those convictions and sentences left undisturbed on appeal, so as to provide the court maximum flexibility on remand to fashion a proper sentence that takes into account all of the relevant facts and circumstances.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Nichols v. State · Scott v. State

2. “[A]fter an appellate court unwraps the [sentencing] package and removes one or more charges from its confines, the sentencing judge, herself, is in the best position to assess the effect of the withdrawal and to redefine the [sentencing] package's size and shape (if, indeed, redefinition seems appropriate).”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Nichols v. State · 238 Md. App. 295 - Middleton v. State

3. “(1) The reasons for the increased sentence affirmatively appear; (2) The reasons are based upon additional objective information concerning identifiable conduct on the part of the defendant; and (3) The factual data upon which the increased sentence is based appears as part of the record.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Nichols v. State · 230 Md. App. 411 - Scott v. State