66 Md. App. 710 - Pennington v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"If any person shall corruptly or by threats or force endeavor to influence, intimidate or impede any juror, witness or officer in any court of this State in the discharge of his duty, or shall corruptly or by threats or force obstruct or impede, or endeavor to obstruct or impede, the due administration of justice therein, he shall be liable to be prosecuted therefor by indictment, and shall on conviction thereof be punished by fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding three months, or both, according to the nature and aggravation of the offense."”

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

2. ““There is no right to review of a final judgment entered following a guilty plea in a circuit court; however, Md. Code Ann., Cts. & Jud.Proe., § 12-302(e) provides that review may be sought by application for leave to appeal. This court granted the appellant’s application for leave to appeal on September 6, 1985. Thereupon the case was transferred to the regular appeal docket of this court____””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 83 Md. App. 474 - Ward v. State