2 Va. App. 566 - Williams v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
14 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 14 later decisions — most recently July 2019
14 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 Barker v. Wingo · 156 W. Va. 707 - Woodall v. Laurita · Washington v. Commonwealth · Godfrey v. Commonwealth · Cunningham v. Smith
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.
“In determining responsibility for the delay of a criminal trial, we must confine our review to the record before us. Because of the fragility of memories “Representations of counsel, or even of the trial judge, if not supported by the record, are insufficient.” A trial court’s actions are reflected in the record only through its orders and decrees. Consequently, a trial date scheduled by the court in a criminal case must be documented before we may consider it in evaluating trial delay, and no trial date was scheduled by the court in this case. sj« * * * * * Only the trial court, not the Commonwealth’s Attorney, has authority to schedule criminal cases for trial. Code § 19.2-241 provides that “[t]he judge of each circuit court shall fix a day of his court when the trial of criminal cases will commence, and may make such general or special order in reference thereto.... ” This provision contemplates an orderly procedure for setting criminal cases and expressly places the control of that process under the supervision of the trial court, not a party litigant. The policy expressed in this provision recognizes the role of the trial judge in insuring the prompt disposition of criminal cases.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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