Mims v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
2
states following
December 2009
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Boykin v. State · Ray v. State · 108 Tex. Crim. 72 - Collins v. State · Bryant v. State · 87 Tex. Crim. 209 - Thurogood 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“raise[d] the issue as to whether [Swaim] caused [Hall's] death under the immediate influence of sudden passion arising from an adequate cause.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Swaim v. State“if raised by the evidence, the sudden passion issue should be submitted in the punishment phase of an attempted murder prosecution.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Swaim 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.