Moreno 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. “You heard him testify that he walked over here, he walked across the border illegally. You know what he’s going to do if you put him on probation? He’s going to walk right back. That is no punishment at all. Even if he is put on probation, he can’t meet the terms of his probation. He’s here illegally, he’s automatically in violation of the law. Automatically in violation of federal law by his mere presence because he is here illegally. He has to work faithfully at employment. He can’t work if he is here illegally. He has to remain within a specified place. He’s not going to do that.... He comes over here illegally and poisons our society with all these drugs. If he wants to deal heroin, why doesn’t he go back to Mexico and do it in his own country instead [of] coming here and poisoning our citizens of Harris County and selling these drugs in our community?”

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

2. “number of factors present is not as important as the logical force the factors have in establishing the elements of the offense.”

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

3. “Intent can be inferred from the acts, words, and conduct of the accused.”

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