State v. Luke’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

37 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 37 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “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.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. City of Red Lodge v. Pepper · City of Helena v. Broadwater

2. “confined to review of the record and questions of law.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. City of Helena v. Parsons · City of Missoula v. Kroschel

3. “In this State, we do not have juries available on standby for one defendant, waiting to see whether that defendant will plead guilty, request a continuance, or request a bench trial. Trial courts, therefore, must maximize the presence of a jury panel by setting several trials on the day for which it has issued juror summonses.... [T]his is, in fact, the only way in which Montana trial courts can assure defendants that they will receive the jury trial to which each of them is entitled.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Louis Thompson