Deacon v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

13 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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Since Rule 45 does not provide for a specific method of calculation, we stated in Nickels that periods of delay are to be calculated according to Criminal Rule 40(a). Under Rule 40(a), the date of Deacon’s arrest and the dates of events which re-start the running of the time period will not be counted, but the dates of tolling events will be.”

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

2. “However, we have allowed appeals following pleas of nolo contendere or guilty which are expressly conditioned on the right to appeal from rulings which do not involve jurisdictional issues. We have done this where the prosecutor and the trial court have consented to the conditional nature of the plea . . . . [citation omitted]”

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

3. “State and federal constitutional requirements mandate that there be no unreasonable delay in bringing an accused to trial .... Rule 45 is designed to satisfy the imprecise limits of the constitutional right to a speedy trial with much room to spare ....”

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