Epps v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1963
Citation profile
57 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 57 later decisions — most recently June 2004 · most notably Woods v. State (1968), Stock v. State (1966)
57 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Baker v. State · Hicks v. State · Sylvester v. State · Robertson v. State · Steffler v. State
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 57 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““l._ Defendant in Jail — No defendant shall be detained in jail on a charge, without a trial, for a continuous period embracing more than six (6) months from the date the criminal charge against such defendant is filed, or from the date of his arrest on such charge (whichever is later) ; except where a continuance was held on his motion, or the delay was caused by his act, . . . “2. Defendant in Jail. — Motion for Early Trial — If any defendant held in jail on an indictment or an affidavit shall move for an early trial, he shall be discharged if not brought to trial within fifty (50) judicial days from the date of such motion, except where a continuance within said period is had on his motion, or the delay is otherwise caused by his act, . . .””
1 later decision quote this exact passage““. . . A court speaks through its order book entries, and such records import verity. . . .””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. C.L.B. v. S.T.P.
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.