911 So. 2d 447 - Stark v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

30 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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Once a delay is found to be presumptively prejudicial, the burden of proof shifts to the State to show cause for the delay.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 969 So. 2d 72 - White v. State · 263 So. 3d 668 - Christopher Wise v. State of Mississippi

2. “The Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution, along with Article 3, Section 26 of the Mississippi Constitution, guarantee a defendant the right to a speedy trial.”

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

3. “(1) length of delay, (2) reason for delay, (3) the defendant's assertion of his right, and (4) prejudice to the defendant.”

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