Loftis v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 federal appellate · 3 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. “A matter of plain and simple fundamental unfairness is here involved. This appellant should not have been forced to trial on his plea of not guilty at the same time and before the same jury, who was required to find his co-defendant, with whom he was jointly indicted as acting together, guilty upon her plea of guilty and to assess her punishment while attempting to pass on the issue of appellant's guilt or innocence under a charge on principals.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Edwin L. Loftis v. W. J. Estelle, Director, Texas Department of Corrections

2. “represented by the same counsel of their choice.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Loftis v. Beto