State v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

18 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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““[I]t is not the job of [an] appellate court ... to weigh the Barker factors in the first instance,” [State v.] Pickett, 288 Ga. 674, 679-680 (2) (d) ( 706 SE2d 561 ) (2011), and so, when a trial court has abused its discretion in its consideration of these factors, we generally remand the case for the trial court to exercise its discretion again. [Cits.]”

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

2. “to correctly apply the pertinent legal principles and to consider again whether [Durham] was denied his right to a speedy trial.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 350 Ga. App. 859 - Durham v. State

3. “reasonable minds could not disagree about whether the right to a speedy trial has been denied,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 350 Ga. App. 859 - Durham v. State