Alonzo v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 12 state decisions

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

1. “A person is justified in using deadly force against another ... when and to the degree the actor reasonably believes the deadly force is immediately necessary ... to protect the actor against the other's use or attempted use of unlawful deadly force,”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Mejia v. Davis · Jordan v. State

2. “[B]y arguing self-defense, a defendant is arguing that his actions were justified, and therefore he did not act recklessly”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Mejia v. Davis · Mejia v. Stephens

3. “Chapter 9 of the Penal Code recognizes certain justifications that, under Section 2.03, are defenses to prosecution. If there is some evidence that a defendant’s actions were justified under one of the provisions of Chapter 9, the State has the burden of persuasion to disprove the justification beyond a reasonable doubt.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Gamino, Cesar Alejandro