Ex Parte Spencer’s Empirical Analysis
2011
Citation profile
9 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas))
Relationships
Relies on Brady v. State of Maryland · Schlup v. Delo · Mooney v. Holohan · Herrera v. Collins · Ex Parte Elizondo
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a]n applicant must show that the constitutional error probably resulted in the conviction of one who was actually innocent.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In Re MPA
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.