State v. Anthony’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

32 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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““ ‘[T]he state, if it indicts a person, must be prepared to give him a trial without any unnecessary delay. The satisfaction of this obligation requires a cooperative effort between the three branches of government.’ Notwithstanding court congestion or prosecution difficulties in scheduling, the resultant delay must still be weighed against the government, for it bears the ultimate responsibility to ensure that an accused is expeditiously brought to trial.” State v. Anthony, R.I., 448 A.2d at 749 .”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Dionne · State v. McElroy

2. ““[resolution of this issue requires a consideration of the four factors enumerated by the Supreme Court in Barker v. Wingo, 407 U.S. 514, 530 , 92 S.Ct. 2182, 2192 , 33 L.Ed.2d 101, 117 (1972): (1) length of the delay, (2) reasons for the delay, (3) defendant’s assertion of the right to a speedy trial, and (4) prejudice to the accused.” State v. Baccaire, 470 A.2d at 1150 ; State v. Anthony, R.I., 448 A.2d 744, 749 (1982).”

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