Mayfield v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
3 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 124th Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Relies on Gollihar v. State · Eastep v. State · Diemer v. Commonwealth, Transportation Cabinet, Department of Highways · Bates 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“an abandonment, even if effected by a physical change to the indictment, does not affect its substance.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Briscoe v. State“[a]n amendment to an indictment is a change that affects the substance of the indictment.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Briscoe v. State
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.