Tanguma v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

20 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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(1) attend all sessions of the court; (2) take full shorthand notes of oral testimony offered before the court, including objections made to the admissibility of evidence, court rulings and remarks on the objections, and exceptions to the rulings; (3) take full shorthand notes of closing arguments if requested to do so by the attorney of a party to the case, including objections to the arguments, court rulings and remarks on the objections, and exceptions to the rulings; (4) preserve the notes for future reference for three years from the date on which they were taken; and (5) furnish a transcript of the reported evidence or other proceedings, in whole or in part, as provided by this chapter.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Brossette v. State · Garza v. State

2. “(a) Constitutional Error. If the appellate record in a criminal case reveals constitutional error that is subject to harmless error review, the court of appeals must reverse a judgment of conviction or punishment unless the court determines beyond a reasonable doubt that the error did not contribute to the conviction or the punishment. (b) Other Errors. Any other error, defect, irregularity, or variance that does not affect the substantial rights must be disregarded.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Brossette v. State

3. “proceedings that occur after the trial or hearing has begun with a court reporter properly in attendance and recording the proceedings.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Washington v. State