8 Md. App. 653 - Wilson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

45 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 45 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““If it appears that an accused or the State will be prejudiced by a joinder of offenses or of defendants in an indictment, or by joinder for trial together, the court may order an election or separate trials of counts, grant separate trials of defendants or provide such other relief justice requires. A motion under this Rule may be made only before the jury is sworn, or, where trial by jury is waived, before any evidence is received.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 9 Md. App. 152 - Stevenson v. State · 21 Md. App. 269 - Spease v. State

2. ““* * * Conspiracy is a combination by two or more persons to accomplish a criminal or unlawful act, or to do a lawful act by criminal or unlawful means. The gist of conspiracy is unlawful combination and no further overt act is required to constitute it. * * *””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 15 Md. App. 571 - Quaglione v. State · 26 Md. App. 660 - McMorris v. State

3. ““If the State chooses to prosecute an individual conspirator for a substantive crime, he is entitled to a separate trial on that substantive crime on demand, even though the substantive crime constitutes an overt act tending to establish the conspiracy.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 18 Md. App. 130 - Mason v. State · 25 Md. App. 679 - Green v. State