State v. Pugh’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Any person confined in a department correctional facility may request a final disposition of any untried indictment, information or complaint pending in this state on the basis of which a law enforcement agency, prosecuting attorney’s office, or circuit attorney’s office has delivered a certified copy of a warrant and has requested that a detainer be lodged against him with the facility where the offender is confined. The request shall be in writing addressed to the court in which the indictment, information or complaint is pending and to the prosecuting attorney charged with the duty of prosecuting it, and shall set forth the place of imprisonment.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. James · State v. Carl

2. “'a request filed by a criminal justice agency with the institution in which a prisoner is incarcerated, asking the institution either to hold the prisoner for the agency or to notify the agency when release of the prisoner is imminent.' " Id. (quoting Carchman v. Nash , 473 U.S. 716 , 719, 105 S.Ct. 3401 , 87 L.Ed.2d 516 (1985) ). "The purpose of a detainer is to put prison officials on notice that the inmate is wanted to face pending charges in another jurisdiction upon the inmate's release from prison.”

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

3. “Absent [a] court's finding that a detainer was already filed, or the functional equivalent, a defendant's premature request for disposition of charges does not trigger the [UMDDL's] 180-day time limit.”

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