People v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

11 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “1. the defendant's actions surrounding the request and apparent motive for making the request; ! 2. the availability of chosen counsel; 3. the length of continuance necessary to accommodate chosen counsel; 4. the potential prejudice of a delay to the prosecution beyond mere inconvenience; 5. the inconvenience to witnesses; 6. the age of the case, both in the judicial system and from the date of the offense; 7. the number of continuances already granted in the case; 8. the timing of the request to continue; 9. the impact of the continuance on the court's docket; 10. the victimas position,, if the victims’ rights act applies; and 11. any other case-specific factors necessitating or weighing against further delay.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. People v. Stidham · People v. Storlie

2. “[allthough the ree-ord contains some of the information for evaluating whether the trial court abused its discretion in denying the continuance, the record lacks information about other factors that the court should have considered when making its decision”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. People v. Stidham

3. “judicial efficiency or 'the public's interest in maintaining the integrity of the judicial process,' may be deemed more important than the defendant's interest in being represented by a particular attorney.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. People v. Travis