53 Md. App. 538 - Pennington v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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9 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Sections c, d and e of that rule (Rule 736) clearly anticipate something more than a last minute spinning hipshot .... While the State must justify any violation of Rule 746, we hardly think that it must come to court on the trial date fully prepared for a hearing on a motion to dismiss, of which nothing has been suggested let alone filed pursuant to Md. Rule 736. Implicit in Rule 736’s procedural requirements of writing, grounds, relief, points and authorities and 15 days to respond is the opportunity for the State to prepare its justification for whatever is alleged and prayed by the appellant’s motion.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 54 Md. App. 448 - Carey v. State

2. ““trials are scheduled within thirty days, and this one sat and sat and sat and sat until today and I don’t think there’s any good reason for it.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Pennington v. State

3. “filed at any time before trial” (Rule 736 c) and”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 54 Md. App. 448 - Carey v. State