Thomas v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1971
Citation profile
11
cited by 11 later decisions
1
states following
April 1984
most recently cited
11 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on McElroy v. State · Mays v. State · Rogers v. State · Thurmond 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““This Court, with its heavy caseload, should not be compelled to search through a record while speculating just what evidence the appellant might have in mind. McElroy v. State, Tex.Cr.App., 455 S.W.2d 223 . Nothing is presented for review.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Simmons 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.