2006 UT App 215 - State v. Cornejo’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. “when a party to a criminal action “moves for a continuance in order to procure the testimony of an absent witness,” the party must demonstrate that: (1) “the testimony sought is material and admissible,” (2) “the witness could -actually be produced,” (3) “the witness could be produced within a reasonable time,” and (4) “due diligence ha[d] been exercised before the request for a continuance.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2016 UT App 209 - State v. Sisneros

2. “denial of the State's request for a continuance to obtain an absent witness was an unreasonable action”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2018 UT App 60 - State v. Gonzales-Bejarano

3. “serious, more complex crimes, a greater period of delay will be tolerated,”

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