Ex Parte Jimenez’s Empirical Analysis
2012
Citation profile
4 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 187th Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act)
Relies on Lewis v. United States · Nix v. State · Cuellar v. State · State v. Mason · Ex Parte Pena
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[t]o obtain a valid conviction for unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon, the State must prove a defendant's felony status at the time of the possession of the firearm,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Bell, Jerrell“predicate felony conviction was set aside before he possessed the firearm which led to his being arrested,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Bell, Jerrell“not void if the predicate felony conviction is subsequently set aside.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Bell, Jerrell
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.