Weed v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
12 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 12 later decisions — most recently April 2012
12 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
Relies on North Carolina v. Pearce · 248 So. 2d 692 - Wilcox v. State · Walker v. State · 368 So. 2d 83 - Robinson v. Lasher · 364 So. 2d 819 - State v. Thaddies
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[o]nly in specifically delineated circumstances can the time period be adjusted.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage““We hold that Rule 3.191(g) is not applicable to an information which has been amended to increase a charge from a misdemeanor to a felony after a mistrial on the misdemeanor. . . . Obviously, this rule contemplated that the normal retrial would involve the same charge that was the subject of the proceeding which resulted in the mistrial, thereby necessitating less time for trial preparation and a shorter than normal speedy trial time period. Inherent in such a time limit reduction is a concomitant restriction on the nature of charges which can be made in the essential elements of the charge. In this regard, it is difficult to imagine a greater change than an increase in a charge from a misdemeanor to a felony .... (at page 865) “These cases stand for a basic proposition that is central to this case, that is, the date of the original arrest is the focal point for speedy trial considerations, irrespective of changes made in charges. Only in specifically delineated circumstances can the time periods be adjusted. (at page 865) “In the district court’s opinion reversing this order much is made of the fact that the speedy trial rule does not prohibit amendments nor proscribe enhanced charges. While silence on this matter may be interpreted by some as license for unlimited amendments, the correct interpretation is that the rule does not grant the state total freedom to amend charges without having an effect on speedy trial time periods. The district court reasoned that if amendment”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Discharge from Crime; Effect. Discharge from a crime under this Rule shall operate to bar prosecution of the crime charged and of all other crimes upon which trial has not commenced nor conviction obtained nor adjudication withheld and which were or might have been charged as a result of the same conduct or criminal episode as a lesser degree or lesser included offense.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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