State v. Boyer’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 5 state decisions

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1. “[t]he majority of the seven-year delay was caused by the 'lack of funding.' " Id., at 1142 . See post, at 1706, 1708 (opinion of SOTOMAYOR, J.). But when this statement is read in context, what it most likely means is not that the delay in question was caused by the State's failure to provide funding but simply that the delay was attributable to the funding issue. And as noted, most of this delay was caused by the many defense requests for continuances of hearings on the issue of funding. If the defense had not sought and obtained those continuances, the trial might well have commenced at a much earlier date-and might have reached a conclusion far less favorable to the defense. * We have before us the same record that was before the Court of Appeals, and the record simply does not support the proposition that much-let alone "most”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Jonathan Edward Boyer v. Louisiana · Jonathan Edward Boyer v. Louisiana

2. “the only matters that came before the trial court concerned the source of funding.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Jonathan Edward Boyer v. Louisiana · Jonathan Edward Boyer v. Louisiana

3. “'funding crisis' experienced by the State of Louisiana.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Jonathan Edward Boyer v. Louisiana · Jonathan Edward Boyer v. Louisiana