76 Wash. 2d 34 - State v. McEvers’s Empirical Analysis

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8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[T]he mere lapse of time is not sufficient to warrant the conclusion that there has been a denial of a speedy trial. . . . four factors which have been regarded as relevant in determining whether a delay constituted a denial of a speedy trial in the constitutional sense, i.e., the length of the delay, the reason for the delay, the prejudice to the defendant, and the extent to which the defendant had waived the delay ...”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2 Wash. App. 104 - State v. Carlson

2. “Arguably, a defendant should not have to ask for a speedy trial and it should be accorded him as a matter of right, however, we refuse to turn a convicted felon loose because the state did not move expeditiously in bringing him to trial when neither he nor his counsel voiced any protest at such delay.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 76 Wash. 2d 637 - State v. Garman

3. “This statute serves little purpose in felony cases since, after a dismissal, the state may immediately file a new information charging the same or a related offense.”

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