Veal v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

28 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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “prejudice to [Appellant's] ability to ... assert his arguments on appeal”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. De La Cruz v. State · Norman v. State

2. “Even assuming that the first three Barker factors-length of the delay, the reason for the delay, and the defendant's assertion of his right-weigh in favor of [Appellant], his due process claim nevertheless fails because [Appellant] failed to show that he was prejudiced by the delay.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. De La Cruz v. State

3. “[W]e have repeatedly found that the failure to make [a showing of prejudice] in an appellate delay claim [is] fatal to the claim, even when the other three factors weigh in the appellant's favor.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Norman v. State