Jones v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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81 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 83 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[A] continuum exists whereby a deliberate attempt to hamper the defense would be weighed most heavily against the State, a prolongation due to the negligence of the State would be weighed less heavily against it, a delay caused by a missing witness might be a neutral reason chargeable to neither party, and a delay attributable solely to the defendant himself would not be used to support the conclusion that he was denied a speedy trial.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In Re Thomas J. · State v. Bailey

2. “[D]elays must be examined in the context in which they arise and therefore a lengthy uninterrupted period chargeable to one side will generally be of greater consequence than an identical number of days accumulating in a piecemeal fashion over a long span of time.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Bailey · 56 Md. App. 351 - Powell v. State

3. “"The speedy trial guarantee recognizes that a prolonged delay may subject an accused to an emotional stress that can be presumed to result in the ordinary person from uncertainties in the prospect of facing public trial or of receiving a sentence longer than, or consecutive to, the one he is presently serving — uncertainties that a prompt trial removes." [ Jones v. State, 279 Md. 1, 17 , 367 A.2d 1 (1976) quoting Strunk v. United States, 412 U.S. 435, 439 , 93 S.Ct. 2260 , 37 L.Ed.2d 56 (1973).]”

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