Margraves v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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94 state decisions

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

1. “(a) A person commits an offense if, with the intent to unlawfully manufacture a controlled substance, the person possesses or transports: (1) anhydrous ammonia; (2) an immediate precursor; or (3) a chemical precursor or an additional chemical substance named as a precursor by the director under Section 481.077(b)(1).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Shaffer v. State

2. “[c]ircumstantial evidence of a defendant's guilty knowledge is not `required to meet the same rigorous criteria for sufficiency as circumstantial proof of other offensive elements.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Laster v. State

3. “[vjiewed in the proper light, the evidence was that the appellant’s use had no genuine government purpose ...” and”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Margraves v. State