Cooksey v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1974
Citation profile
262 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 262 later decisions — most recently August 2023 · most notably State v. Sery (1988), State v. Hodge (1994)
262 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 Brady v. United States · McMann v. Richardson · Parker v. North Carolina · Pauling v. McElroy · Difronzo 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 262 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“If a nolo contendere plea, expressly conditioned upon a limited right of appeal . . ., is adopted by the trial court the failure of the judicial system to respect that express condition would likely render .the nolo plea unintelligent and invalid. 2”
3 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Quick v. State · Dolchok v. State“(b) Speedy Trial Time Limits. A defendant charged with either a felony or a misdemeanor shall be tried within four months from the time set forth in section (c). (c) When Time Commences to Run. The time for trial shall begin running, without demand by the defendant, as follows: (1) From the date the defendant is arrested, initially arraigned, or from the date the charge (complaint, indictment, or information) is served upon the defendant, whichever is first. (g) Absolute Discharge. If a defendant is not brought to trial before the running of the time for trial, as extended by excluded periods, the court upon motion of the defendant shall dismiss the charge with prejudice.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“(b) A defendant charged with either a felony or a misdemeanor shall be tried within four months from the time set forth in section (c). (e) The time for trial shall begin running, without demand by the defendant, as follows : (1) From the date the defendant is arrested, initially arraigned, or from the date the charge ... is served upon the defendant, whichever is first. (d) The following periods shall be excluded in computing the time for trial: (1) The period of delay resulting from other proceedings concerning the defendant, including but not limited to motions to dismiss or suppress, examinations and hearings on competency, . (7) Other periods of delay for good cause.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.