Stinnie v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1996
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
July 1996
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on MacArthur Co. v. Johns-Manville Corp. · Thompson v. Louisiana · Oberg v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. · O'Dell v. Commonwealth · Townes v. Commonwealth
Most-quoted passages
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“Where a general district court has found that there is probable cause to believe that the accused has committed a felony, the accused, if he is held continuously in custody thereafter, shall be forever discharged from prosecution for such offense if no trial is commenced in the circuit court within five months from the date such probable, cause was found by the district court.... * * * * * * The provisions of this section shall not apply to such period of time as the failure to try the accused was caused: % í|i ijí Hí $ 4. By continuance granted on the motion of the accused or his counsel....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.