Commonwealth v. Miles’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[O]nce charges are dismissed, the speedy trial guarantee is no longer applicable because `with no charges outstanding, personal liberty is certainly not impaired to the same degree as it is after arrest while charges are pending.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Brown v. Commonwealth · Powell v. Commonwealth

2. “[W]e believe that the period of time during which the appellee was not under indictment should not be considered in determining whether he has been denied a speedy trial. It is true that since March 1982 he has been confined to a mental hospital, but his confinement is not because of the criminal charges against him, or his inability to stand trial on these charges as was the situation in Jackson v. Indiana, 3 406 U.S. 715 , 92 S.Ct. 1845 , 32 L.Ed.2d 435 (1972). He has been confined because he has been found to be mentally ill pursuant to Chapter 202A of the Kentucky Revised Statutes and “presents a danger or threat of danger to self, family or others....” KRS 202A.026(1).”

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