Lopez v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1984
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
September 1988
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Newton v. State · Lyles v. State · Ostoja v. State · Hamilton v. State · Parish 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Art. 28.061. Discharge for delay. If a motion to set aside an indictment, information, or complaint for failure to provide a speedy trial as required by Article 32A.02 is sustained, the court shall discharge the defendant. A discharge under this article is a bar to any further prosecution for the offense discharged or for any other offense arising out of the same transaction.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Wright v. State“In computing the time by which the State must be ready for trial, the following periods shall be excluded: ****** (10) any other reasonable period of delay that is justified by the exceptional circumstances.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Grogan 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.