728 So. 2d 832 - State v. Chadbourne’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. “`requires the State to exercise due diligence in discovering the whereabouts of the defendant as well as taking appropriate steps to secure his presence for trial once it has found him.'”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 45 So. 3d 181 - State v. Sorden · 985 So. 2d 722 - State v. Romar

2. “The state thereafter did not discharge its heavy burden of prosecuting the defendant within the applicable one-year time limit, La.C.Cr.P. art. 578(3), by assuming, without a single inquiry to the Department of Corrections, that the subsequent ex parte withdrawal of the detainer at defense counsel's request in March of 1995 meant that relator had been released from custody and thereby interfered with its ability to secure his presence at trial. The withdrawal of the detainer therefore did not serve to interrupt the running of the prescriptive period by May 9, 1998 ...”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 864 So. 2d 824 - State v. Quinones

3. “bears the heavy burden of showing that it is excused from trying the accused on a charge later than the period mandated by [La.C.Cr.P. art.] 578.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 985 So. 2d 722 - State v. Romar