Smith v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2017
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
August 2020
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Brockman · Cuffley v. State · 56 Md. App. 38 - Banks v. State · Dotson v. State · Tweedy v. State
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“If a sentence is illegal within the meaning of [ Maryland Rule 4-345(a) -]that is, the illegality inheres in the sentence itself[-]then the defendant may file a motion in the trial court to correct it, notwithstanding that[:] (1) no objection was made when the sentence was imposed, (2) the defendant purported to consent to it, or (3) the sentence was not challenged in a timely-filed direct appeal or at some other previous procedural juncture.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Nichols v. State“The court may correct an illegal sentence at any time.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Nichols v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.