Spencer v. State’s Empirical Analysis

1991

Citation profile

cited by 32 later decisions

states following

March 2018

most recently cited

1 federal appellate · 30 state decisions

How this case has been cited

Cited by 32 later decisions — most recently March 2018 · most notably 691 So. 2d 948 - Herring v. State (1997), 707 So. 2d 547 - De La Beckwith v. State (1997)

1 federal appellate · 30 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 · 550 So. 2d 406 - Smith v. State · 577 So. 2d 390 - Anderson v. State · 535 So. 2d 1371 - Vickery v. State · 574 So. 2d 671 - Handley v. State

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

“We emphasize that failure to assert the right will make it difficult for a defendant to prove that he was denied a speedy trial.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage
e.g. 856 So. 2d 396 - Green v. State · 707 So. 2d 547 - De La Beckwith v. State
“The third factor in the equation is afforded "strong evidentiary weight." "We emphasize that failure to assert the right will make it difficult for a defendant to prove that he was denied a speedy trial." Spencer's first and only assertion of his right to a speedy trial came only one day prior to trial.... This was 535 days following arrest.... [A] defendant has no duty to bring himself to trial. Further, the right to a speedy trial is not waived by silence. HOWEVER, this does not mean that the defendant has no responsibility to assert his right. The third Barker factor weighs against [the defendant].”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
e.g. 856 So. 2d 396 - Green v. State · 707 So. 2d 547 - De La Beckwith v. State
“Delays attributable to the defendant toll the running of time.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
e.g. Thorson v. State · Brunson v. State

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.