Thomas v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1972
Citation profile
7 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 7 later decisions — most recently April 2010
7 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on 34 Tex. Crim. 314 - Floeck v. State · 137 Tex. Crim. 417 - Lenore v. State · 164 Tex. Crim. 264 - Whitaker v. State · Bell v. State · 114 Tex. Crim. 363 - Garlington 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Now, therefore, if you find and believe from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that the Defendant on or about the 20th day of July, A.D., 1975, in Johnson County, Texas, did then and there drive and operate a motor vehicle at a rate of speed greater than 55 miles per hour and that such speed was unreasonable and imprudent under the conditions then and there existing, having regard to the actual and potential hazards, then you will find such Defendant guilty. “Unless you do so find and believe from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt, you will acquit the Defendant and say by your verdict, ‘Not Guilty.’ ” The court further instructed the jury: “In all criminal cases, the burden of proof is on the State. The defendant is presumed to be innocent until the guilt of the defendant is established by legal evidence, beyond a reasonable doubt; and in case you have a reasonable doubt as to the defendant’s guilt, you shall acquit him.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Pittman 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.