Baker v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “(b) If the accused is found guilty of more than one offense arising out of the same criminal episode, the sentences may run concurrently or consecutively if each sentence is for a conviction of: [[Image here]] (2) an offense: (A) under Section 21.11, 22.011, 22.021, 25.02, or 43.25 committed against a victim younger than 17 years of age at the time of the commission of the offense regardless of whether the accused is convicted of violations of the same section more than once or is convicted of violations of more than one section;....”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Reese v. State · Malone v. State

2. “[T]he commission of two or more offenses, regardless of whether the harm is directed toward or inflicted upon more than one person or item of property, under the following circumstances: (1) the offenses are committed pursuant to the same transaction or pursuant to two or more transactions that are connected or constitute a common scheme or plan; or (2) the offenses are the repeated commission of the same or similar offenses.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Reese v. State · Malone v. State

3. “[A] prosecutor is encouraged to clear ease dockets by trying more than one ease in a single trial whenever multiple offenses arising from a single criminal episode are alleged against a single defendant, and a defendant benefits by not being burdened with the possibility of consecutive sentences and a string of trials for offenses arising out of a single criminal episode. Section 3.04 provides a defendant the right to have separate trials if he so desires.”

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