Holbert v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

17 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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““To constitute the impeachment of which the appellant complains, it would be necessary for the state to support the predicate laid by introducing evidence before the jury as to the prior statements of the witness Pratt. In the absence of such proof Pratt’s denial of the making of such statements was not contradicted. Therefore, the matter of his impeachment is not presented.” Holbert v. State, 457 S.W.2d 286, 289 .”

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

2. ““It is within the sound discretion of the trial court to permit the counsel for the state on direct examination to ask leading questions to a hostile witness or to refresh a witness’s memory. 62 Tex. Jur.2d Witnesses, Sec. 148 and 150; 1 Branch’s 2d Ann.P.C. Sec. 180 and 182, p. 188.””

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