Griffith v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

14 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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The literal language of Section 12.42(c)(2) is clear and straightforward: conviction of one of four violent sexual offenses carries a mandatory punishment of confinement for life if the defendant has previously been convicted of one of eight enumerated offenses, or an offense from another state containing elements substantially similar to the enumerated offenses.”

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

2. “[U]nder the construction proposed by the appellant, prior convictions for rape and aggravated rape from any other state could be used to enhance a later offense, but prior convictions for rape and aggravated rape from Texas could not be used.”

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

3. “[t]he plain wording of 2003 Penal Code section 12.42(c)(2)(B)(v), however, requires that the California statute contain elements that are substantially similar to the elements of an offense listed in subparagraph (i), (ii), (iii), or (iv),”

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