8 canonical passages across 7 cases, quoted by 31 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Matthew Blake Courtney v. State of Mississippi.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matthew Blake Courtney v. State of Mississippi Anchor | green | “delays caused by the defense, such as requests for continuances, will toll the running of the speedy-trial clock for the length of time attributable to the continuance.” | 6 |
| 2 | Michael Taylor v. State of Mississippi | green | “although it is the state's duty to ensure that the defendant receives a speedy trial, a defendant has some responsibility to assert this right.” | 5 |
| 3 | Matthew Blake Courtney v. State of Mississippi | green | “agreed continuances are weighed against the defense.” | 5 |
| 4 | Price v. State | green | “in weighing the barker factors, we must consider the 'totality of the circumstances,' and 'no one factor is dispositive.” | 3 |
| 5 | James C. Newell, Jr. v. State of Mississippi | green | “the united states and mississippi constitutions guarantee criminal defendants the right to a speedy trial.” | 3 |
| 6 | Luke Reed v. State of Mississippi | green | “the three main considerations in determining whether the accused was prejudiced by a lengthy delay are: (1) preventing oppressive pretrial incarceration; (2) minimizing anxiety and concern of the accused; and (3) limiting the possibility that the defense will be impaired.” | 3 |
| 7 | McBride v. State | green | “once the delay is deemed presumptively prejudicial, the burden shifts to the prosecution to produce evidence justifying the delay and to persuade the trier of fact of the legitimacy of these reasons.” | 3 |
| 8 | Bateman v. State | green | “a defendant's failure to demand a speedy trial between his arrest and indictment is 'critical' to the analysis of a speedy-trial claim.” | 3 |
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