Olivas v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
4 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 272nd Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Apprendi v. New Jersey · Chapman v. State of California · Blakely v. Washington · Sullivan v. Louisiana
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.
“Answer the Deadly Weapon Question only if you have found the defendant guilty. Otherwise do not answer the Deadly Weapon Question. DEADLY WEAPON WE, THE JURY, find the defendant RAYMOND OLIVAS did use a deadly weapon during the commission of the offense alleged in the indictment. [Emphasis in original.] [[Image here]] PRESIDING JUROR WE, THE JURY, find that the defendant, RAYMOND OLIVAS, did not use a deadly weapon during the commission of the offense alleged in the indictment. [Emphasis in original.] [[Image here]] PRESIDING JUROR”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Olivas v. State · Rubio 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.