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← 56 MDAPP 694 - Davis v. State

Davis v. State’s Empirical Analysis

1983

Citation profile

4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
February 1987
most recently cited

4 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Miranda v. State of Arizona Vignera · United States v. Wade · Mullaney v. Wilbur · Illinois Power Co. v. Local Union No. 51, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers · 28 Md. App. 640 - Evans 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. ““In a word, he was well prepared to defend. When the animating purpose of the notice requirement has been well served, as it was here, we are not going to permit ourselves to be distracted or ‘hung up’ by strained formalities.””
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. ““The undergirding purpose of the notice requirement is not to erect an obstacle course for the State but to give the defendant a fair chance to prepare a defense against the enhanced punishment danger.””
    1 later decision quote this exact passage

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.