45 Md. App. 236 - Dishman v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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8 state decisions

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

1. “It is incumbent upon the court not only to follow the Rule, but to make certain that the record clearly reflects that it has done so. Trial judges, in the words of Mr. Justice Frankfurter, should "unambiguously address themselves to the defendant” and "leave no room for doubt that the defendant has been issued a personal invitation to speak prior to sentencing.” [Green v. United States, 365 U. S. 301, 305 , 81 & Ct. 653, 655, 5 L. Ed. 2d 670, 674 (1961)]. The appropriate remedy for noncompliance with this requirement is to vacate the sentences improperly imposed and remand the case for resentencing. 3”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 47 Md. App. 510 - Sellman v. State