72 Wash. App. 80 - State v. Silva’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

18 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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Five-Day Extensions. When a trial is not begun on the date set because of unavoidable or unforeseen circumstances beyond the control of the court or the parties, the court, even if the time for trial has expired, may extend the time within which trial must be held for no more than 5 days exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, or holidays unless the defendant will be substantially prejudiced in his or her defense. The court must state on the record or in writing the reasons for the extension. If the nature of the unforeseen or unavoidable circumstance continues, the court may extend the time for trial in increments of not to exceed 5 days exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, or holidays unless the defendant will he substantially prejudiced in his or her defense. The court must state on the record or in writing the reasons for the extension.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Williams · 96 Wash. App. 306 - State v. Warren

2. “substantiated its assertion that court congestion was unavoidable by carefully making a record of why each trial department was unavailable to try [the] case[, and] [t]he court also attempted to follow the dictates of Mack and Kokot by trying to relieve docket congestion by offering to call in a judge pro tempore to try the case in one of two empty courtrooms, which [the defendant] refused.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 96 Wash. App. 306 - State v. Warren

3. “When the primary reason for the continuance is court congestion, the court must record details of the congestion, such as how many courtrooms were actually in use at the time of the continuance and the availability of visiting judges to hear criminal cases in unoccupied courtrooms.”

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