63 Md. App. 149 - Jackson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

18 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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Appellant argues that he cannot be convicted or sentenced for two counts of assault with intent to murder because, at best, the State proved that appellant fired only one shot at the two pursuing police officers. The essence of appellant’s argument is that where one criminal incident results in multiple victims, it is necessarily but one offense. This contention is without merit.”

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

2. “1) Did the trial judge err in finding [Jackson] guilty without first affording defense counsel the opportunity to make closing argument? 2) Did the trial court err in convicting [Jackson] of, and sentencing [Jackson] for, two counts of assault with intent to murder? 3) Is the evidence sufficient to sustain the convictions for assault with intent to murder?”

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

3. “The court: The test is now beyond a reasonable doubt and to a moral certainty as to all four charges. Any argument? [Defense counsel]: Yes.”

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