State v. Colyandro’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

21 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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A person may not knowingly accept a political contribution the person knows to have been made in violation of this chapter.”); id. § 253.003(e) (”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Delay, Thomas Dale · Delay v. State

2. “A person may not knowingly make a political contribution in violation of this chapter.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Delay, Thomas Dale · Delay v. State

3. “(1) intentionally or knowingly causes the death of an individual; (2) intends to cause serious bodily injury and commits an act clearly dangerous to human life that causes the death of an individual; or (3) commits or attempts to commit a felony, other than manslaughter, and in the course of and in furtherance of the commission or attempt, or in immediate flight from the commission or attempt he commits or attempts to commit an act clearly dangerous to human life that causes the death of an individual.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Christian v. State