State v. Edwards’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. “In two instances continuances were granted “for the parties” and one “at the request of both partied’ for the reason the case was either “not reached on the docketV or “not reached.” The total time involved in these continuances amounts to 87 days. If these delays were not occasioned by the state, then they may be considered as reducing the time between arraignment and trial, for purposes of appellant’s motion, to 165 days — 15 less than the maximum permitted. We conclude, that since appellant consented to these continuances, and in the absence of anything in the record to prove otherwise, we cannot say these delays totalling 87 days were occasioned by the state because appellant benefitted, or at least acquiesced in the granting of the continuances, (citations omitted).”

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

2. “[T]he statute does not mandate dismissal merely upon a showing that more than 180 nonexcludable days had elapsed between arraignment and trial. The accused must further show, in support of his motion to dismiss on the grounds that the statute has not been complied with, that the failure to have the trial commence within the allowable statutory period was occasioned by the state. State v. Franco, 625 S.W.2d 596, 600 [2] (Mo.1981); State v. Hulsey, 646 S.W.2d 881 (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, 1983).”

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