Glasgow v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

39 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 39 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The right to a speedy trial fulfills several purposes. One is to prevent harming the defendant by a weakening of his case as evidence and memory of witnesses grow stale with the passage of time. Another is to prevent prolonged pre-trial incarceration and infliction of anxiety on the accused because of long pending charges . . . Lastly it is recognized that harm is inflicted on an accused who is serving a sentence in another jurisdiction if he is not promptly allowed to be tried in the jurisdiction where charges are still pending.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Mouser · Stobaugh v. State

2. “. we accepted [in Spight v. State, 450 P.2d 157 (Alaska 1969)] the reasoning of United States v. Ewell, 383 U.S. 116 , 86 S.Ct. 773 , 15 L.Ed.2d 627 (1966), concerning the purposes to be served by the guarantee of a speedy trial, which are “to prevent undue and oppressive incarceration prior to trial, to minimize anxiety and concern accompanying public accusation and to limit the possibilities that long delay will impair the ability of an accused to defend himself.” Glasgow v. State, supra at 688.”

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

3. “In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial * * *.”

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