Tucker v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2008
Citation profile
16
cited by 16 later decisions
1
states following
July 2018
most recently cited
16 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District)
Relationships
Relies on McCain v. State · Collier v. State · Hawkins v. State · English v. State · Morales 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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“and thus the State is not required to show that the”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“'Serious bodily injury' means bodily injury that creates a substantial risk of death or that causes death, serious permanent disfigurement, or protracted loss or impairment of the function of any bodily member or organ.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. McGruder v. State“A weapon can be deadly by design or use.... An object is deadly weapon by usage if 'in the manner of its use or intended use,' the object 'is capable of causing death or serious bodily injury.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Hernandez 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.