State v. Lindsay’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Matters of statutory interpretation present questions of law which we review for correctness, according no particular deference to the trial court's interpretation.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2003 UT App 13 - In Re VKS · 2001 UT App 281 - State v. Coleman

2. “(1) Whenever a prisoner is serving a term of imprisonment in the state prison, jail or other penal or correctional institution of this state, and there is pending against the prisoner in this state any untried indictment or information, and the prisoner shall deliver to the warden, sheriff or custodial officer in authority, or any appropriate agent of the same, a written demand specifying the nature of the charge and the court wherein it is pending and requesting disposition of the pending charge, he shall be entitled to have the charge brought to trial within 120 days of the date of delivery of written notice. [[Image here]] (4) In the event the charge is not brought to trial within 120 days ... and defendant or his counsel moves to dismiss the action, the court shall review the proceeding. If the court finds that the failure of the prosecuting attorney to have the matter heard within the time required is not supported by good cause, whether a previous motion for continuance was made or not, the court shall order the matter dismissed with prejudice.”

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

3. “'Deciding whether the district court properly denied [a defendant's] motion to dismiss pursuant to the detainer statute requires a two-step inquiry. First we must determine when the 120-day period commenced and when it expired.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2001 UT App 281 - State v. Coleman