Bray v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1972
Citation profile
50 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 51 later decisions — most recently March 2005 · most notably Todd v. State (1980), Cockrell v. State (1996)
50 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 Gideon v. Wainwright · 147 Tex. Crim. 519 - Summers v. State · Smith 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 51 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ ‘By this argument the prosecuting attorney was striking at the appellant over the shoulders of his counsel in an endeavor to inflame the minds of the jury to his prejudice. The accused is entitled to a fair trial without reference to outside influence.’ Summers v. State, 147 Tex.Cr.R. 519 , 182 S.W.2d 720 (Tex.Cr.App.1944). “Under the circumstances of this particular case the error was sufficiently preserved for review and the same calls for reversal. “If it can be argued that the error was not properly preserved, we conclude that an instruction to disregard would not have sufficed to have removed the prejudice. * * 2j« Sji ⅜ * “This holding should not be construed as making a distinction between appointed or retained counsel.””
5 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Edmiston v. State · Wilson v. State“... We represent the people here in this County. That’s who are employer is and suffice it to say Ladies and Gentlemen I am grateful and I shall be eternally grateful that you are the people that are my . employers and not the likes of him and that I am not representing this sort of thing. Rest assured I am very happy about that. I am grateful that I don’t have to make my living that way.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Edmiston v. State · Wilson v. State““It is widely recognized that these canons of ethics are not generally understood by the public from which the members of the jury panel are drawn. Many do not believe an attorney should undertake the defense of a person charged with a crime particularly if there is some indication that the defendant is guilty.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Borgen v. State · Boyde 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.