Shaw 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 46 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “affirmative proof of particularized prejudice is not essential to every speedy trial claim,”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Gonzales v. State · State v. Manley

2. “[E]vidence of generalized anxiety, though relevant, is not sufficient proof of prejudice under the Barker test, especially when it is no greater anxiety or concern beyond the level normally associated with a criminal charge or investigation.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Davis

3. “Because the length of the delay stretched well beyond the bare minimum needed to trigger judicial examination of the [speedy trial] claim, this factor-in and of itself-weighs heavily against the State.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Voda v. State