Blackshear, George Edward’s Empirical Analysis

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8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[I]f a party makes an unsworn oral motion for a continuance and the trial judge denies it, the party forfeits the right to complain about the judge's ruling on appeal.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Austin Prince v. State · Venegas v. State

2. “A criminal action may be continued on the written motion of the State or of the defendant, upon sufficient cause shown; which cause shall be fully set forth in the motion.”

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

3. “explicitly refused to recognize a due process exception to the rule requiring motions for continuances to be written and sworn in order to be preserved on appeal.”

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