Johnson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

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

1. ““Although penetration must be proved beyond a reasonable doubt it does not have to be of any particular depth. Any penetration, no matter how slight, is sufficient to satisfy the requirements of Article 1187, Vernon’s Ann.P.C. See Calhoun v. State, 134 Tex.Cr.R. 423 , 115 S.W.2d 965 ; Lynch v. State, 150 Tex.Cr.R. 57 , 199 S.W.2d 780 . ‘Penetration between the labia of the female’s private parts by the male organ of the defendant is sufficient although the vagina was not entered or an act of intercourse was never completed.’ 4 Branch’s Ann.P.C., 2nd ed„ Sec. 1977, p. 301.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Williams v. State

2. ““The jury is the judge of the facts, the credibility of the witnesses and the weight to be given to their testimony. The jury may accept or reject any portion of the testimony, even that of one witness. “This Court in determining the sufficiency of the evidence is confined to whether, viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution, there is substantial evidence, either direct or circumstantial, which together with reasonable inferences sustains the verdict.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Isaac v. State

3. “‘‘As noted in Johnson v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 449 S.W.2d 65 , the general rule is well established that the testimony of a prosecutrix in a rape case even under the age of fifteen years need not be corroborated.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. McKinney v. State