69 Md. App. 645 - Jackson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

20 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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Closely related to length of delay is the reason the government assigns to justify the delay. Here, too, different weights should be assigned to different reasons. A deliberate attempt to delay the trial in order to hamper the defense should be weighted heavily against the government. A more neutral reason such as negligence or overcrowded courts should be weighted less heavily but nevertheless should be considered since the ultimate responsibility for such circumstances must rest with the government rather than with the defendant. Finally, a valid reason, such as a missing witness, should serve to justify appropriate delay.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 87 Md. App. 57 - Howell v. State

2. ““This was not a case of a brief encounter under conditions of poor illumination. There was no suggestion in the evidence of any of the factors adversely affecting accuracy of identification that were stressed in the requested instruction. * * * [T]he victim testified that the [appellant] was the same man in whose company she had been for several hours preceding the crime, and ... other witnesses positively identified appellant as the same man who had been with [the victim] for a protracted period of time____””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Gunning v. State