State v. Elfert’s Empirical Analysis
1965
Citation profile
38 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 38 later decisions — most recently March 2019 · most notably 953 So. 2d 890 - State v. Lathan (2007), 630 So. 2d 1284 - State v. Rome (1994)
38 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 Gideon v. Wainwright · State v. Lebleu · State v. Lecompte
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 38 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“When a defendant files a motion to quash or other preliminary plea, the running of the periods of limitation established by Article 578 shall be suspended until the ruling of the court thereon; but in no case shall the state have less than one year after the ruling to commence the trial.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“[a] preliminary plea within the meaning and contemplation of this article [La. R.S. 15:7.10] [3] is any plea filed after the prosecution is instituted and before the trial that causes the trial to be delayed.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“A. Except as otherwise provided in this Chapter, no trial shall be commenced nor any bail obligation be enforceable: (1) In capital cases after three years from the date of institution of the prosecution; (2) In other felony cases after two years from the date of institution of the prosecution; and (3) In misdemeanor cases after one year from the date of institution of the prosecution. B. The offense charged shall determine the applicable limitation. La. C. Cr. P. art. 580 provides: When a defendant files a motion to quash or other preliminary plea, the running of the periods of limitation established by Article 578 shall be suspended until the ruling of the court thereon; but in no case shall the state have less than one year after the ruling to commence the trial.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. State v. Sinclair
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.