90 Md. App. 453 - State v. Cardinell’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
12 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 14 later decisions — most recently September 2010
12 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on State v. Frye · Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co. v. Los Angeles Rams Football Co. · State Ex Rel. Sonner v. Shearin · Board of Medical Examiners v. Steward · Jones 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“c) In a criminal case, the State may appeal as provided in this subsection. * * * * * * (2) The State may appeal from a final judgment if the State alleges that the trial judge failed to impose the sentence specifically mandated by the Code.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Green · Cardinell v. State“(a) Illegal Sentence.—The court may correct an illegal sentence at any time. (b) Modification or Reduction—Time for.—The court has revisory power and control over a sentence upon a motion filed within 90 days after its imposition ... in a circuit court, whether or not an appeal has been filed. The court may modify or reduce or strike, but may not increase the length of, a sentence. Thereafter, the court has revisory power and control over the sentence in case of fraud, mistake, or irregularity---- (c) Open Court Hearing.—The court may modify, reduce, or vacate a sentence only on the record in open court after notice to the parties and an opportunity to be heard.[ 2 ]”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Cardinell v. State“[t]he legislature must have intended that the State have a right to appeal under circumstances such as these where a trial court imposed a sentence that was contrary to law.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Cardinell v. State
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.