State v. Werner’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

12 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “It should be understood that the right to a speedy trial as granted by the constitution applies to every accused; a person restrained of his liberty by the same sovereign is not excepted from this right, Ex parte Schechtel, 103 Colo. 77 , 82 P.2d 762 , 118 A.L.R. 1032 , and unreasonable delay may deny the state a trial on the merits.”

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

2. “"When a person has been held to answer for a public offense, if an indictment or information is not filed against him at the next term of the court at which he is held to answer, the court must order the prosecution to be dismissed, unless good cause to the contrary be shown."”

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

3. “order for the dismissal of the action, as provided in this chapter, is not a bar to another prosecution for the same offense.”

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