State v. Suggs’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “No person shall be held on recognizance or otherwise to answer a criminal charge for a period in aggregate embracing more than one year from the date the criminal charge against such defendant is filed, or from the date of his arrest on such charge, whichever is later; except where a continuance was had on his motion, or the delay was caused by his act, or where there was not sufficient time to try him during such period because of congestion of the court calendar ... Any defendant so held shall, on motion, be discharged.”

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

2. “If a defendant seeks or acquiesces in any delay that results in a later trial date, the time limitations set by Criminal Rule 4 are extended by the length of such delays.”

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

3. “'The one-year period commences with the date of arrest or filing of information, whichever is later'”

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