Castillo v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2007
Citation profile
28 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 186th Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 201 (Bank Bribery Amendments)
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Atkins v. Virginia · Roper Superintendent Potosi Correctional Center v. Simmons · Jurek v. Texas · Watson v. State
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 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A conviction cannot be had upon the testimony of an accomplice unless corroborated by other evidence tending to connect the defendant with the offense committed; and the corroboration is not sufficient if it merely shows the commission of the offense.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Medina v. State“[t]he non-accomplice evidence does not have to directly link [the defendant] to the crime, nor does it alone have to establish his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Smith v. State
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.