State v. Gonzales’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “this Court has never held that a trial judge in this State has the authority, in the absence of a violation of Rule 4-271 or a violation of a constitutional guarantee of a speedy trial, to dismiss a criminal case for lack of prosecution.”

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

2. “The only way to put an end to problems is to put a cure to it and that is to grant a motion to dismiss. The next time the State will check the files before the trial [and] make sure writs are issued.”

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

3. “the trial court in the case at bar was without authority to dismiss the indictment against Gonzales for lack of prompt prosecution.”

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