939 So. 2d 1245 - State v. Batiste’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

56 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 56 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “where it is evident that the district attorney is flaunting his authority for reasons that show that he wants to favor the State at the expense of the defendant, such as putting the defendant at risk of losing witnesses, the trial court should grant a motion to quash and an appellate court can appropriately reverse a ruling denying a motion to quash in such a situation.”

   15 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 136 So. 3d 267 - State v. Quinn · State v. Dees

2. “[T]he delay that can be tolerated for an ordinary street crime is considerably less than for a serious, complex conspiracy charge.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Shanklin · 61 So. 3d 747 - State v. Langley

3. “[T]he proper approach to the question of whether the defendant's right to a speedy trial was violated is not merely a review of the dates and circumstances of the hearings, but an examination of the entire record in order to discern whether there was `palpable abuse' on the part of the trial court in granting the motion to quash.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Millet · 951 So. 2d 1158 - State v. Williams