State v. Bertolino’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
16
cited by 16 later decisions
1
states following
September 2015
most recently cited
16 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Ronningen · State v. Crane · State v. Keating · State v. Fitzgerald · State v. Foshee
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.
“After the entry of a plea upon a misdemeanor charge, the court, unless good cause to the contrary is shown, shall order the prosecution to be dismissed, with prejudice, if a defendant whose trial has not been postponed upon the defendant’s motion is not brought to trial within 6 months.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The statute itself serves as the “sole standard of whether ‘good cause’ for the delay has been shown.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Brown
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.