Martin v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “when Martin’s stipulation was executed and accepted by the State and the trial court, the burden to produce evidence of Martin’s two previous DWI convictions was removed. For all practical purposes, the State’s burden of production was reduced to that of simply proving the elements of the underlying April 18, 2003, DWI. 20”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Martin v. State

2. “Martin’s prior convictions were no longer “the law applicable to the case” for purposes of complying with articles 86.14 and 36.19 [dealing with the trial court’s charge]. It was therefore unnecessary for the trial court to include in the jury’s instructions any issue regarding the stipulated prior convictions. 21”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Martin v. State