Wells v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Although the state filed an information against the defendant within three-year limitation period, the state failed to execute the capias until more than ten years after the offense was committed. Since this capias was executed after the three-year limitation period had expired, the state has the burden of proving that it had been diligent in its efforts to execute the capias in order to establish that the prosecution was timely.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 606 So. 2d 473 - State v. Picklesimer · 687 So. 2d 917 - King v. State

2. “An eighteen-month delay without explanation is unreasonable and will not justify relating the `commencement' of the prosecution back to the filing of the information.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 606 So. 2d 473 - State v. Picklesimer · 687 So. 2d 917 - King v. State

3. “); Walker v. State, 543 So.2d 353 (Fla. 5th DCA 1989) (”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 606 So. 2d 473 - State v. Picklesimer · 687 So. 2d 917 - King v. State