Lenzi v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1970
Citation profile
14
cited by 14 later decisions
2
states following
March 1983
most recently cited
14 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Graham v. State · Stroebel v. State · 151 Tex. Crim. 534 - May v. State · 170 Tex. Crim. 128 - Cox v. State · Williams 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“It is the duty of trial counsel to confine their arguments to the record; reference to facts that are neither in evidence nor inferable from the evidence is therefore improper.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Gray v. State“[c]ounsel for the state may not base his argument regarding punishment on matters outside of the record.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Gray 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.