47 Tex. Crim. 252 - Howell v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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

1. ““It will be seen from the statement of the prosecuting witness, part owner of the property alleged to have been stolen, in giving the value of the jewelry alleged to have been stolen, he included five rings, four watch charms, and five lockets, not charged in the indictment, and that all of these aggregated the sum of $75 or $80. This would not show that the property alleged in the indictment was of the value of $50.””

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

2. ““The statement of facts being in this uncertain condition, we cannot permit the verdict to stand. It must be shown that the property stolen was worth $50 or more before appellant can be incarcerated in the state penitentiary. It may be that this statement of facts is in this condition through inadvertence, but with this we have nothing to do.””

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