State v. Cuchy’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 state decisions

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

1. “"[W]hen an arrest is made ..., the person arrested shall be taken without unnecessary delay before a magistrate of the court from which the warrant was issued. If the arrest has been made on probable cause, without a warrant, he shall be taken without unnecessary delay before the nearest available magistrate and a complaint shall be filed forthwith." (Emphases added.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Parker

2. “the requirement is for an arrestee to be taken before a judge or magistrate 'without unnecessary delay.' " State v. Cuchy , 270 Kan. 763 , 766, 19 P.3d 152 (2001). But the statute does not define "without unnecessary delay,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Parker

3. “The general rule is that an unlawful detention, absent a showing of specific prejudice to the defendant's right to a fair trial, is not sufficient to justify the dismissal of criminal charges.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 45 Kan. App. 2d 1059 - In Re Hn