United States v. Jones’s Empirical Analysis
475 F.2d 322 · 1972
Citation profile
12 federal appellate · 25 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 39 later decisions — most recently April 1999 · most notably United States v. Jackson (1975), Erbe v. State (1976)
12 federal appellate · 25 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 Barker v. Wingo · Beavers v. Haubert · Hedgepeth v. United States · Smith v. United States · Smith v. United States
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.
“[T]he rule we announce today, . places the primary burden on the courts and the prosecutors to assure that cases are brought to trial. . ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ $ 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 the defendant. . . . [Footnote omitted.]”
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.