Robinson, Timothy Lee’s Empirical Analysis

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25 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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[t]o be entitled to an Article 38.23(a) instruction, ... the defendant must show that (1) an , issue of historical fact was raised in front of the jury; (2) the fact was contested by affirmative evidence at trial; and (3) the fact is material to the constitutional or statutory violation that the defendant has identified as rendering the particular evidence inadmissible.”

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

2. “[a]ppellate courts may review the legal significance of undisputed facts de novo.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Francis, Tracy Blaine