State v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

43 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 43 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The Supreme Court [of the United States] in Doggett [ v. United States, 505 U.S. 647, 652 (II), 112 S.Ct. 2686 , 120 L.Ed.2d 520 (1992)] held that "consideration of prejudice is not limited to the specifically demonstrable." [Cit.] The Court held that the presumption of prejudice that arises from the passage of time strengthens with the length of the delay and may tilt the prejudice factor in a defendant's favor, although it may not alone carry a Sixth Amendment claim without regard to the other Barker criteria. [Cits.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Lattimore

2. “(1) the length of the delay; (2) the reason for the delay and whether this is attributable to the defendant or the state; (3) the timeliness of the defendant’s assertion of the right to a speedy trial; and (4) prejudice to the defendant.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 272 Ga. App. 1 - Chappell v. State

3. “consideration of prejudice is not limited to the specifically demonstrable.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Lattimore