McNeely v. Blanas’s Empirical Analysis
336 F.3d 822 · 2003
Citation profile
22 federal appellate · 7 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 52 later decisions — most recently March 2026 · most notably State v. Ariegwe (2007), State v. Garza (2009)
22 federal appellate · 7 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3161 (§ 101 of the Speedy Trial Act of 1974) · 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 2241 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 28 U.S.C. § 2253 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Barker v. Wingo · Doggett v. United States · Braden v. 30th Judicial Circuit Court of Kentucky · Smith v. Hooey · Dickey v. Florida
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 52 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A deliberate attempt to delay the trial in ' order to hamper the defense should be weighted heavily against the government. A more neutral reason such as negligence or overcrowded courts should be weighted less heavily but nevertheless should be considered since the ultimate responsibility for such circumstances must rest with the government rather than with the defendant. Finally, a valid reason, such as a missing witness, should serve to justify appropriate delay.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“discharge[d] its `constitutional duty to make a diligent, good-faith effort to bring [the defendant to trial]'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. State v. Ariegwe“compromise[ ] the reliability of a trial in ways that neither party can prove or, for that matter, identify.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.