State v. Porter’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

79 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 79 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[t]he weight given to the prejudice factor may be bolstered if the defendant can demonstrate some actual impairment to his defense in addition to prejudice that is presumed from the passage of time. Likewise, the weight given to presumed prejudice may be reduced or even eliminated if the State can show that the defense has not, in fact, been substantially impaired.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 311 Ga. App. 141 - State v. Shirley · 310 Ga. App. 551 - Stewart v. State

2. “(1) whether delay before trial was uncommonly long, (2) whether the government or the criminal defendant is more to blame for that delay, (3) whether, in due course, the defendant asserted his right to a speedy trial, and (4) whether he suffered prejudice as the delay’s result.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Sechler v. State · State v. Pickett

3. “Of these forms of prejudice, the most serious is the last, because the inability of a defendant adequately to prepare his case skews the fairness of the entire system.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. GRAY v. the STATE. · 343 Ga. App. 391 - ELLIS v. the STATE.