Ex Parte Chavez’s Empirical Analysis
2006
Citation profile
26 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston))
Relationships
Relies on United States v. Bagley · Kyles v. Whitley · Grupo Mexicano Desarrollos v. Alliance Bond Fund Inc · Arizona v. Youngblood · Harmelin v. Michigan
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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“indictment upon amendment). 7 . Even if we were to reach the merits of his complaint, his punishment was within the statutory limits for the offense. See Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 21.02 (h). Punishment that is imposed within the statutory limits, and that is based upon the sentencer’s informed normative judgment, is generally not subject to challenge for excessiveness except in”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.