64 Md. App. 339 - Fuller v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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16 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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “An additional comment is warranted with respect to the rights to present witnesses and to confront and cross-examine adverse witnesses. Petitioner’s greatest concern is with the difficulty and expense of procuring witnesses from perhaps thousands of miles away. While in some cases there is simply no adequate alternative to live testimony, we emphasize that we did not in Morrissey intend to prohibit use where appropriate of the conventional substitutes for live testimony, including affidavits, depositions, and documentary evidence.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 70 Md. App. 527 - Wilson v. State

2. “Unlike in Logan v. State, supra, neither Judge Whitfill nor Judge Close afforded appellant or his counsel the opportunity to speak in mitigation. Nor did they ask his counsel, in appellant’s presence, if appellant wished to be heard in mitigation. The failure to afford appellant his right of allocution was error. Resentencing is required.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 150 Md. App. 403 - Perry v. State

3. “that neither he nor his attorney was permitted to speak in mitigation of sentence. He correctly points out that “both judges rendered their factual findings and, in the very next breath, reimposed the original sentences.” He urges vacation of the sentences and remand for resentencing.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 150 Md. App. 403 - Perry v. State