Carson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

12 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. “To hold that the letter did not qualify as a “detainer” would be to place form over substance. We recognize that the Warrant Officer said that she did not wish to place a detainer on Movant “at this time,” but the letter then proceeded, in effect, to accomplish that result by asking for an advance notice of Movant’s release and implying that there was a pending charge. It, therefore, qualified as a “detainer” pursuant to the authorities cited above. To hold otherwise because of the statement in the letter that Camden County did not wish to “place a detainer on [Movant] at this time” would permit a criminal justice agency to obtain the effect of placing a detainer on a defendant without permitting the defendant to have the corresponding rights afforded by the UMDDL. Accordingly, we hold that the letter in question did qualify, under these circumstances, as a detainer, thereby entitling Movant to request the disposition of the charges under the UMDDL.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Branstetter

2. “Any person confined in a department correctional facility may request a final disposition of any untried indictment, information or complaint pending in this state on the basis of which a detainer has been lodged against him while so imprisoned. The request shall be in writing addressed to the court in which the indictment, information or complaint is pending and to the prosecuting attorney charged with the duty of prosecuting it, and shall set forth the place of imprisonment.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Nichols

3. “The Agreement and the UMDDL are in pari materia, both provide for a defendant to be brought to trial within a prescribed 180-day limit, they are construed in harmony with each other, and the principles of one may be applied to the other.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State Ex Rel. Garrett v. Dally