127 Md. App. 430 - State v. Ruben’s Empirical Analysis

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

1. “We regard none of the four factors identified above as either a necessary or sufficient condition to the finding of a deprivation of the right of speedy trial. Rather, they are related factors and must be considered together with such other circumstances as may be relevant. In sum, these factors have no talismanic qualities; courts must still engage in a difficult and sensitive balancing process. But, because we are dealing with a fundamental right of the accused, this process must be carried out with full recognition that the accused’s interest in a speedy trial is specifically affirmed in the Constitution.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Fields v. State · 171 Md. App. 458 - Jules v. State

2. “In the case at bar ... it is uncertain whether the lost shells would have been “witnesses” for the defense or “witnesses” for the prosecution. To the extent that the shells would have been useful in rebutting the State’s physical evidence at trial, the effect of their loss can be ameliorated by an appropriate evidentiary ruling, or by a jury instruction on spoliation. In short, appellee can not establish particularized prejudice to his case as a result of the destroyed evidence. We shall therefore consider the potential for prejudice that arises from the lost shells indeterminate....”

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