171 Tex. Crim. 167 - Brown v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1961
Citation profile
13
cited by 13 later decisions
1
states following
January 1979
most recently cited
2 federal appellate · 11 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 165 Tex. Crim. 371 - Cedillo v. State · 109 Tex. Crim. 450 - Williams v. State · 51 Tex. Crim. 463 - Myers v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“Article 62, V.A.P.C., provides: "If it be shown on the trial of a felony less than capital that the defendant has been before convicted of the same offense, or one of the same nature, the punishment on such second or other subsequent conviction shall be the highest which is affixed to the commission of such offenses in ordinary cases."”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Ex Parte Davis
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