Rangel v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

15 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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Our law provides that a person commits the offense of resisting arrest if she intentionally prevents or obstructs a person she knows is a peace officer from effecting an arrest or transport of such person or another person by using force against the peace officer. It is no de- . fense that the arrest or transportation was unlawful. [[Image here]] Now, therefore, if you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that on or about the 13th day of December, 2005, the defendant, AMBER NICOLE CLEMENT did then and there resist arrest in Denton County, Texas, to wit: said defendant did intentionally prevent or obstruct, Robert Hay, a person the defendant knew to be a peace officer, from effecting an arrest or transportation of the defendant, by using force against said peace officer you will find the defendant “Guilty” as charged in the information. [[Image here]] Your verdict must be rendered upon the unanimous vote of all members of the Jury. You are obligated by your oath to render a true verdict according to the law and the evidence. Each juror must agree upon the verdict to be rendered. You will not decide the issue submitted for your deliberations by lot, by drawing straws or by any other method of chance. Neither should you agree to a verdict by any vote less than unanimous vote of all members of the Jury.”

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

2. “If a recording is made under Subsection (a) of this section and after an indictment is returned or a complaint has been filed, by motion of the attorney representing the state or the attorney representing the defendant and on the approval of the court, both attorneys may propound written interrogatories that shall be presented by the same neutral individual who made the initial inquiries, if possible, and recorded under the same or similar circumstances of the original recording with the time and date of the inquiry clearly indicated in the recording.”

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