Vasquez v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

29 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 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “IV. Now, if you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that on or about the 26th Day of March, 2012, in Bexar County, Texas, an unknown person did intentionally or knowingly causé the death of an individual, namely, Samuel Douglas Wass, by shooting Samuel .Douglas Wass with a deadly weapon, namely, a firearm; Or, if you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that on or about the 26th Day of March, 2012, in Bexar County, Texas, an unknown person, with intent to cause serious bodily injury to an individual, namely, Samuel Douglas Wass, did commit an act clearly dangerous to human life that, caused the death of Samuel Douglas Wass, by shooting Samuel Douglas Wass with a deadly weapon, namely, a firearm; And you also find beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant, Simon Rene Garcia, acting with the intent to promote or assist in the commission of the offense of murder as defined above, did solicit, encourage, direct, aid, or attempt to.aid that unknown person in the commission of the offense of murder as defined above; Then, you will find the defendant guilty as a party of the offense of murder as charged in the indictment. If you do not so find beyond a reasonable doubt, or if you have .a reasonable doubt thereof, you will find the defendant not guilty.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Simon Rene Garcia v. State · David Nandin v. State

2. “A person commits the offense of murder . if he intentionally or knowingly causes the death of an individual. A person commits the offense of capital murder if he intentionally or knowingly causes the death of an individual and the person commits the murder for remuneration or the promise of remuneration or employs another to commit the murder for remuneration or.the promise of remuneration. A person is criminally responsible as a party to an offense if the offense is committed by his own conduct, by the conduct of another for which he is criminally responsible, or both. Each party to an offense may be charged with the commission of the offense. A person is criminally responsible for an offense committed by the conduct of another if, acting with intent to promote or assist the commission of the offense, he solicits or encourages or directs or aids or attempts to aid the other person to commit the offense. Mere presence alone will not constitute one a party to an offense. Now, if you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that on or about the 18th day of June, 2001 in Galveston County, Texas, the defendant, JOSE PABLO LOPEZ, did then and there intentionally or knowingly cause the death of an individual, namely Mario Espinosa by employing Ramiro Baltazar or Jose Badillo or Elisandro Salinas, for remuneration or the promise of remuneration, to wit: money, from the said JOSE PABLO LOPEZ, to murder the said Mario Espinosa, and pursuant to said agreement, the said Ramiro'B”

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

3. “All persons are parties to an offense who are guilty of acting together in the commission of the offense. A person is criminally responsible as a party to an offense if the offense is committed by his own conduct, by the conduct of another for which he is criminally responsible, or by both. A person is criminally responsible for an offense committed by the conduct of another if, acting with intent to promote or assist the commission of the offense, he solicits, encourages, directs, aids, or attempts to aid the other person to commit the offense. Mere presence alone will not constitute one a party to an offense .... [I]f you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that on or about the 19th day of January, 2013, in Harris County, Texas, Noah Gomez, did then and there unlawfully, while in the course of committing theft of property owned by Dung Ho, and with intent to obtain or maintain control of the property, intentionally or knowingly cause bodily injury to Dung Ho, and Noah Gomez did then and there use or exhibit a deadly weapon, namely, a knife, and that the defendant, Fernando Rafael Ferreira, with the intent to promote or assist the commission of the offense, if any, solicited, encouraged, directed, aided or attempted to aid Noah Gomez to commit the offense, if he did, then you will find the defendant guilty of aggravated robbery, as charged in the indictment.”

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