People v. Allen’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

14 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Like the Colorado Supreme Court, we too cannot say that the defendant’s acquiescence in the ... trial date[ ] directly contributed to the speedy trial violation. Instead, ... the trial was set beyond the time allowed by statute because the prosecution was unaware of the precise character of the defendant’s speedy trial rights and failed to comply with its obligations under the Interstate Agreement. Id. Citations omitted.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Roberson v. Commonwealth

2. “If a trial is offered by the court to a defendant who is represented by counsel and neither the defendant nor his counsel expressly objects to the offered date as being beyond the time within which such trial shall be had pursuant to this section, then the period within which the trial shall be had is extended until such trial date and may be extended further ‘ pursuant to any other applicable provisions of this section.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. People v. Newton