Hirad v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
July 2008
most recently cited
2 federal appellate · 3 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 178th Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Relies on Prystash v. State · Bell v. State · Powell v. State · Ex Parte Guerrero
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[r]ecklessness and danger are presumed if the actor knowingly pointed a firearm at or in the direction of another whether or not the actor believed the firearm be loaded”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“this provision . . . is not a required element of . . . [the offense], [but] only a permissive means by which to trigger a presumption of recklessness.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.