Ex Parte Mabry’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “When an inmate has multiple convictions, he will have one conviction which governs his release date, either because it is the most recent, contains the longest sentence, or has the least amount of time credits. It is the conviction that will keep the prisoner in custody for the greatest amount of time. A prisoner's governing or "holding”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Ex parte Johnson · Ex Parte Keller

2. “conviction could be for an offense committed after 1997, but he might also have a previous conviction for first-degree burglary. In that instance, the Legislature sought to make clear that § 508.149 would apply to him, because the holding conviction is for an offense that was committed after the statute's effective date. Even if that holding conviction were not on the list of enumerated offenses, the prisoner would still be ineligible for mandatory supervision if he had previously been convicted of an offense on the list.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Ex Parte Keller

3. “An inmate may not be released to mandatory supervision if the inmate is serving a sentence for or has been previously convicted of . . . a second or third degree felony under Section 21.11, Penal Code.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Ex Parte Keller