Gonzales v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “• Intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly causing serious bodily injury to another. See Tex. Pen.Code Ann. §§ 22.01(a)(1), 22.02(a)(1). • Intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly causing bodily injury to another and using or exhibiting a deadly weapon during the commission of the assault. See id. §§ 22.01(a)(1), 22.02(a)(2). • Intentionally or knowingly threatening another with imminent bodily injury and using or exhibiting a deadly weapon during the commission of the assault. See id. §§ 22.01(a)(2), 22.02(a)(2).”

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

2. “This is saying or, or, or. You don’t have to find all of that true in order to find the defendant guilty of aggravated assault. These are all different manners and means.... There is just one aggravated assault here.... And you must agree that he is guilty of aggravated assault.”; court held that although State referred to charge error, it “did not rise to the level of accentuation of the error that occurred in Ngo ”). Cf. Soto, 267 S.W.3d at 346 (error compounded when prosecutor told jury,”

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