State v. Talamante’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

30 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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “numerous factors supported] the conclusion that both the [sjtate and the [district] court treated the two indictments as the same case: (l)the first indictment was dismissed, and the second indictment was returned on the same day with the conditions of release on the first indictment intact; ... (3) both indictments were assigned to the same judge; (4) the same prosecutor handled both indictments; (5) orders filed under the first indictment to interview witnesses were deemed applicable to the second indictment; (6) the prosecutor treated both indictments as a single case for purposes of Rule 5-604. . .; (7) the first Rule 5-604 petition filed by the [s]tate in the Supreme Court after the second indictment recites the extensions and deadlines obtained under the first indictment as the deadline to commence trial; (8) the Rule 5-604 petitions filed in the Supreme Court by the [s]tate after the second indictment are all filed under the case numbers of both indictments; and (9) the clerk of the [district] court filed all the Rule 5-604 pleadings under the case numbers of both indictments.”

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

2. “the State demonstrated an `unacceptable indifference' to its constitutional duty of bringing this case to trial within a reasonable time.”

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