State v. Dehler’s Empirical Analysis

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61 state decisions

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

1. ““We believe it would be ridiculous to say that if a person of 16 or 17 years of age commits a murder and escapes detection or apprehension either on a warrant or indictment until after he reached 18 years of age, or 21 years under the recent changes, he could no longer be proceeded against in the juvenile court or tried by the district court.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Brown v. Cox · In Re the Welfare of S. V.

2. “Dehler also claims he would be prejudiced, because due to the lapse of time it is more difficult to prove his main defense, i.e., insanity. He cites Williams v. United States, 102 App. D. C. 51, 54, 250 F. (2d) 19, 22, where the court stated: “When prosecution is delayed because of the accused’s mental incapacity to stand trial, the difficulty of determining whether the accused was mentally responsible at the time of the crime is increased. Passage of time makes proof of any fact more difficult. When the fact at issue is as subtle as a mental state, the difficulty is immeasurably enhanced. Courts must on occasion risk the increased difficulty of proof. But the interest- of justice requires that there be no difficulty which is reasonably avoidable.” The facts in that case are quite different from the instant case. There, (102 App. D. C. 56, 250 F. [2d] 24) “the Government not only failed to take any steps to ascertain the facts which would determine appellant’s mental condition as it bore upon guilt or innocence, but resisted every defense attempt to produce those facts.” Clearly this is not the situation in the case at bar.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 67 Wash. 2d 111 - State v. Alter

3. ““We do not agree that because Dehler may be tried again he will be deprived of due process or equal protection of the law under U. S. Const. Amend. XIV. “He contends that he has been deprived of his right to proceedings in juvenile court because of improper construction of the Juvenile Court Act in 1941. We do not believe that being tried now in district court deprives him of the equal protection of the law where he is treated as others similarly situated and has every right to appeal for redress if error is committed on the subsequent trial. 12 Am.Jur., Constitutional Law, § 470; 16A C.J.S. Constitutional Law § 502. ****** “Nor do we think because Dehler may now be subject to prosecution under the 1941 indictment that he will be deprived of due process of law. Under the record here, as the law is established by the decisions of United States Supreme Court, we do not believe that he has been deprived of that degree of fundamental fairness essential to the very concept of justice.” (Citing authorities).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Brown v. Cox