Heimlich v. State Ex Rel. Abbott’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
2 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 200th Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Relies on City of Beaumont v. Bouillion · Hosner v. DeYoung · Su Inn Ho v. University of Texas at Arlington · Fulton v. Associated Indemnity Corp. · Heimlich v. State
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.
“§ 103.001. Claimants Entitled to Compensation (a) A person is entitled to compensation if: (1) the person has served in whole or in part a sentence in prison under the laws of this state; and (2) the person: (A) has received a full pardon on the basis of innocence for the crime for which the person was sentenced; or (B) has been granted relief on the basis of actual innocence of the crime for which the person was sentenced. (b) A person is not entitled to compensation under Subsection (a) for any part of a sentence in prison during which the person was also serving a concurrent sentence for another crime to which Subsection (a) does not apply-”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Jones v. State“(1) has served in whole or in part a sentence in prison under the laws of this state; (2) pleaded “not guilty” to the charge for which he was convicted and that led to the imprisonment; (3) is not guilty of the crime for which he was sentenced; and (4) has received a full pardon for the crime and punishment for which he was sentenced.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.