Sessums v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
16
cited by 16 later decisions
1
states following
November 2017
most recently cited
15 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 6th Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Massaro v. United States · Thompson v. State · Hernandez v. State · Ladd 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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“no conceivable strategy or tactic that would justify” allowing "clearly and unquestionably objectionable testimony of the most outrageous and destructive type” regarding inadmissible evidence that a child witness was being untruthful when he made allegations of sexual molestation). . The State appears to agree with Applicant that the polygraph evidence at issue was not admissible. Instead, the State asserts that "neither Janie Mussett nor Mitchell Dickey were the sole witness or even a crucial witness to the murder underlying [Applicantj’s conviction.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Bryant, Billy Ray“no conceivable strategy or tactic that would justify” allowing”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Bryant, Billy Ray
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.