Bell v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1965
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
November 1973
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Burns v. State · Hamilton v. State · 153 Tex. Crim. 1 - Brown v. State · 160 Tex. Crim. 301 - Walker v. State · Peeler v. State
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.
““It has long been the rule in this state that proof of the intentional shooting of one with a rifle is sufficient to authorize the jury to find that the shooting was actuated by malice.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Gonzales v. State
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.