Mims v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2010
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
2
states following
January 2022
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 337th Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Relies on Patterson v. State · Tapps v. State · Mahaffey v. State · Mixon v. State · Ex Parte Huskins
Most-quoted passages
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“(A) a firearm or anything manifestly designed, made, or adapted for the purpose of inflicting death or serious bodily injury; or (B) anything that in the manner of its use or intended use is capable of causing death or serious bodily injury.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“), abrogated on other grounds by Gaines v. State , 761 S.W.2d 2 (Tex. Crim. App. 1988) ; see also Mims v. State , 335 S.W.3d 247, 250 (Tex. App. 2006) (holding that fire is a”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[i]t undeniably has an objective existence or reality”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.