Devincentz v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

23 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 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “'whether the trial court's error was unimportant in relation to everything else the jury considered in reaching its verdict.' " Devincentz v. State , 460 Md. 518 , 191 A.3d 373 (2018) (quoting Dionas , 436 Md. at 118 , 80 A.3d 1058 ). In cases in which "credibility is an issue and, thus, the jury's assessment of who is telling the truth is critical, an error affecting the jury's ability to assess a witness'[s] credibility is not harmless error.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Fernando V. · 239 Md. App. 571 - Sewell v. State

2. “'whether the trial court's error was unimportant in relation to everything else the jury considered in reaching its verdict.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 239 Md. App. 571 - Sewell v. State

3. “[t]he outcome of [the] case turned entirely on the relative credibility of the defendant and the accuser,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Fernando V.