Weis v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

27 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 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “While the constitutional speedy trial provisions primarily safeguard the defendant’s rights, they also recognize the public’s interest — including the interest of crime victims — in the resolution of criminal cases without unnecessary delay, and the prosecutor and the trial court have a responsibility to protect those interests. See Barker v. Wingo, supra, 407 U. S. at 519 (II) (“The right to a speedy trial is generically different from any of the other rights enshrined in the Constitution for the protection of the accused. In addition to the general concern that all accused persons be treated according to decent and fair procedures, there is a societal interest in providing a speedy trial which exists separate from, and at times in opposition to, the interests of the accused”); id. at 527 (III) (“[SJociety has a particular interest in bringing swift prosecutions, and society’s representatives are the ones who should protect that interest”). See also Zedner v. United States, 547 U. S. 489 (III) (A) (126 SC 1976, 164 LE2d 749) (2006) (discussing the public interest in a speedy trial in the context of the federal Speedy Trial Act). In this regard, the trial court took appropriate action by appointing . . . public defenders to represent Weis [rather than his originally appointed attorneys].”

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

2. “(1) the length of the delay; (2) reasons for the delay; (3) defendant’s assertion of the right [to speedy trial]; and (4) the prejudice to the defendant. Standing alone, none of these factors are a necessary, or sufficient condition to a finding of deprivation of the right to a speedy trial, but rather should be considered as part of a balancing test. Washington v. State, 243 Ga. 329, 330 ( 253 SE2d 719 ) (1979).”

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

3. “the time at which to address those concerns would be through [the defendant] pursuing an ineffective assistance claim against them, if necessary, after trial....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 347 Ga. App. 710 - PUGH v. the STATE.