Perez v. Sullivan’s Empirical Analysis
793 F.2d 249 · 1986
Citation profile
42 federal appellate · 4 district · 19 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 87 later decisions — most recently March 2025 · most notably United States v. Nelson-Rodriguez (2003), Burkett v. Cunningham (1987)
42 federal appellate · 4 district · 19 state decisions — followed in 11 states
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Barker v. Wingo · United States v. Marion · United States v. Lovasco · Klopfer v. State of North Carolina · Smith v. Hooey
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 87 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“). The prejudice claimed by the defendant must be”
9 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Until there is some delay which is presumptively prejudicial, there is no necessity for inquiry into the other factors that go into the balance”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Obviously a delay in sentencing involves considerations different from those related to pre-trial delay. The alteration of the defendant’s status from accused and presumed innocent to guilty and awaiting sentence is a significant change which must be taken into account in the balancing process. Once guilt has been established in the first instance the balance between the interests of the individual and those of society shift proportionately-”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.