619 So. 2d 861 - State v. McSweeney’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

19 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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[a]t the time of sentencing, the trial court shall inform the defendant of the prescriptive period for post conviction relief.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 646 So. 2d 1140 - State v. Bonnet · 665 So. 2d 596 - State v. Francis

2. “The constitutional right to a speedy trial attaches when an individual becomes an accused, either by indictment or bill of information, or by arrest and actual restraint. The initial inquiry is into the length of the delay. If the delay is presumptively prejudicial, there will be an inquiry into other factors, such as the reasons for the delay, defendant’s assertion of his rights, and the actual prejudice to defendant.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 692 So. 2d 509 - State v. Williams

3. “Our jurisprudence recognizes two separate and distinct bases for a defendant’s right to a speedy trial: a statutory right granted by LSA-C.Cr.P. Art. 701 and a constitutional right embodied in the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution and Article 1, Section 16 of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974. (Citations omitted).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 692 So. 2d 509 - State v. Williams