Walker v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
33
cited by 33 later decisions
1
states following
June 1998
most recently cited
31 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Flanary v. Commonwealth · Cunningham v. Smith · Stephens v. Commonwealth · Woodard v. Commonwealth · Heflin v. Commonwealth
Most-quoted passages
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“If the legislature had intended for the silence of the accused, or his failure to object to a continuance of his case, to be a waiver of his right, it could, and doubtless would, have used appropriate language to convey that intention. (Emphasis added.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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